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Follansbee, Wv

here are the numbers: 4.1, 6.8, 7.7, 11.2, 9.2, 17.8

17.8??? after a gain of 9.2 the day before? I knew my compost tea was pretty good, but what the ???

7/12/2005 10:23:20 PM

canal winchester ohio

Monty, the weights will vary by a great deal over the season. One day she might put on 10 lbs & the next 25, go back & check what happened over the course of the last few days. Was it cloudy 2 days back & then rained yesterday, if you keep a constant watch you will pick up on little things you can do to help this along. If it has been dry for the past week & you see a front moving in ,water a couple of days before the front comes thru so you can even out the gains a little ( and avoid a split pumpkin). If it has been cloudy for the past week & growth slows down don't get anxious & over fertilize to speed it up because when the sun finally does come out it will pick up naturally & again you want to try to get it to grow evenly & not split.
I hoped this helped a little............Paul

7/12/2005 10:45:10 PM

Rhode Island

very well said paul

thats why we try and limit the measuring to once a week

also, when you measure every day you can get a false reading just by not having the tape in the exact same location

dick

7/12/2005 10:56:51 PM