Re: Maybe the 815 Checkon is split-prone


     It seems silly to worry about an 815 splitting.  Sure, some have split,
but at what......  1200 llbs.  We don't know yet if pumpkins have a
thereshold weight and how much of an increased chance they have of splitting
once they get up near that threshold.  We all know that we have limited time
to grow so to get bigger and bigger they have to grow faster and faster.  I
think this will cause higher splitting rates.  But when a seeds sets a
record, I think it is proven to withstand splits pretty well.
--- Matthew Isom <Matthew.Isom@granite.k12.ut.us> wrote:
> I don't doubt that some seeds have a tendancy to split.  I'm planning on
> trying  the 815 Checkon this year because it did so amazingly well for
> Larry before it split, but the fact that it split has me worried.  One of
> my pumpkin mentors says that he heard that other fruit grown from the 815
> last year had some really bad Dill lines, even at the 400 and 500 pound
> size, and the 1190 had about three of them, I guess, so I'm worried.  The
> 1190 DID hold together PAST 900 pounds though, so . . .
> I'm thinking that maybe the 815 is a seed that should be grown with lower
> amounts of fertilizer on a smaller plant maybe.  What do you all think?
> 
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