The Good, The Bad, and The UGLY
The Good...we're still getting periodic rains and the Giants have made "some" progress. The Bad...the plants are starting to show disease and some insect damage which will limit weight gain. The UGLY...a thunderstorm two days ago on the 10th had hail ranging from dime to a few golf ball sized. There was a fair amount of quarter sized hail. As luck would have it, the pumpkin on the 1713 Lancaster plant sustained 2 impacts that broke the skin. Plus, the plants themselves took hits damaging leaves and vines. It's a bummer since the 1713 Lancaster pumpkin had started to pick up on the daily weight gain. Last week that pumpkin taped out at around 144 pounds. This morning at DAP 28 it taped out at 240 pounds and was ahead of the pace of the state fair pumpkin from 2017. The two impacts from the hail were deep enough that the "wounds" started to ooze. So I rednecked it and glued pieces of elastic/rubber banding over the damaged spots. I have absolutely n