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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"> <channel> <title>BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'BlossomDown'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2025&grower=79183&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'BlossomDown'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2025 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved.</copyright> <webMaster>info@bigpumpkins.com</webMaster> <generator>BP RSS FeedGen</generator> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <image> <title>BigPumpkins.com</title> <url>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg</url> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/</link> </image> <item> <title>01/16/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This is the soil from 6-10" down. The soil texture in this zone is actually enviable, perhaps very enviable, its a sandy loam with some pumice up to 1" but most of the pumice is 3/4" or less. This c...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350793</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350793</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:55:46 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/16/2025</title> <description>I took a bit of soil out of one area to do a soil test. But I know that with my lack of self discipline I might throw fertilizer on later without measuring it. And this would negate some of the valu...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350792</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350792</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:06:13 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/14/2025</title> <description>Now, for a grand total of $40 I've got seeds from all the top 150 sq ft pumpkins. http://bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=8013&gid=87</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350773</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350773</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:59:50 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/12/2025 - with photo</title> <description>What if I crossed these two pumpkins? No one has ever bred a pumpkin to be a "150 sq ft. winner." Its probably just silly but there's always something new to try. Who really knows what is or isnt ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350768</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350768</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:59:29 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/12/2025 - with photo</title> <description>2025 is the year of the white pumpkin! I think I'll be planting the 1296.3 Akatsuka (Nicolas) which is this 1688 Paton x self. It checks all the boxes for me: genetics, color, and it did well in 150...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350767</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350767</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:42:56 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>12/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>This spot clearly had plenty of nitrogen... Add coffee grounds anyways? They are (2.1)-(.3)-(.3) npk. I'm thinking of dumping 3-4" of wood chips atop the ground to give the excess nitrogen some...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350480</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350480</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 05:49:47 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>12/13/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Todays topic is coffee grounds. I dont think straight coffee grounds are great for plants, I think they should be good for hungry worms though. By the time they pass through the worms they shouldn't...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350478</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350478</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:46:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>12/01/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Good and bad bushel gourd seeds. The good ones are upper left. The bad ones (lower right) do look different, but its hard to tell them apart when they are mixed together. I sorted them visually...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350426</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350426</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:34:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>12/01/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Maybe this is why the bushel gourd weighed less than some other gourds that looked to be the same size. The center flesh is small and has pulled away from the sides. More water next time? Unlike pu...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350425</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350425</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:02:48 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>The Ciesielski gourd had a core meltdown...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350202</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350202</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:27:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>A huge amount of guts... I dont think gourd carving will catch on.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350200</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350200</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:09:25 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/27/2024</title> <description>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9mMhxfqDQ&pp=ygUrV2hhdCBpcyBlbGV2dGljYWwgdm9uZHVjdGl2aXR5IHNvaWwgc2NpZW5jZQ%3D%3D Barley vs green beans: Different soil salinity for different crops. Its tempting ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350129</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350129</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:27:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Getting there. I have no clue what the plan is for next year but I think rather than get super ambitious I will refrain from any big changes or bigger goals. If you cant fix it then dont break it!</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350128</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350128</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:54:31 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Bushel gourd roots were huge and extended to the patch boundary. Because of this "full use" of the available rootzone, I think growing only one plant would be appropriate. I still dont know why so...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350127</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350127</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:27:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024</title> <description>I have used hay in the past to help boost the soil but I was also thinking about using wood chips this year. I think I will do hay and rye and then wood chips. My nitrogen is high so I'm not worried...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350121</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350121</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:54:57 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/25/2024 - with photo</title> <description>I added about 200 ft to the main patch. It should be the correct size to grow something big now. I think the nutrient levels are adequate but I think the nematodes, and maybe fusarium, are high....</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350113</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350113</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:50:46 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/25/2024 - with photo</title> <description>These were grown simultaneously on the plant that grew my other two. Total production was 8 pumpkins = 300 lbs. Not bad for a field kin direct seeded in June, but none were bigger than 60 lbs.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350112</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350112</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:33:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/06/2024</title> <description>If I had to do it again, I'd probably want more water and more disease control. I'd probably want to lay drip lines under that fancy two-sided garden fabric. I would elevate the vine where I wanted ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349760</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349760</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:59:17 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/06/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Bert weighed 203 officially. My scale was adding 3-6 lbs because of the vines? Anyhow, it fell well short of the state record, but it was a reasonably good attempt. The graph on the right com...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349759</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349759</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:34:45 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/04/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Extraction day for Bert. The plant got damaged, most by frost. I took one final weight using the crane scale. I dont know if anyone has done a whole season worth of weight measurements using a cr...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349720</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349720</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 22:26:05 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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