Re: pumpkins@hort.net reunion
Like many others I've been here a long time. 5th longest continuously
registered name on the list. I tried to grow a big pumpkin before I found
"the list" as we used to refer to it. Last time I looked there were more
than 350 registered addresses. Once here I was able to learn about real
giant pumpkins and get some seeds. My first atlantic giant pumpkin wasn't
very giant but remains one of my all time favorites at only 341 pounds and
well 'over the chart' in 1997. (1006 x 1061) For long time growers those
are easily recognized seeds even without the growers names, the first 2
ever thousand pound pumpkins. Only my 905.2 in 2005 was as exciting as the
first one. Every spring I feel like Charlie Brown in search of the great
pumpkin. Recruiting and helping new growers is as much fun as the quest
for a big one.
The searchable archive remain a great repository of information. I know I
made post before the archives start but the earliest one I could find today
was "stem down
" in August 1997 . So you see some things never change, growers still have
the same problems. It's sad to see that most of the recent post are either
I'm here or get me off the list.
For those that don't already know, I'm a small time grower with only two
plants in my backyard. One will be my own 905.2 Toftness05 and the other
will be 955Brinkley06. As always I expect great things from both of
these. I don't know which is more fun, watching new growers with their
first big pumpkin at a weigh off or being surprised when your own pumpkin
goes heavy.
Bart Toftness
www.mindspring.com/~toftness
At 11:29 AM 4/12/2007, you wrote:
>Hi: planted my first seed in 1988 -- pumpkin rotted away, next year 1989
>got a huge 109 lber! ( huge until i got it to the fair) joined the list
>around 95 if my memory serves me? my AOL. address i believe is the longest
>continuously registered name on the list?
>broke a 1000 pounds finally in 2004, been fighting soil diseases the last
>few years.
>good luck and good growing in 07 to all.
>
>Glenn Peters
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