RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #669
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One Kilo equals two point two pound.
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> pumpkins DIGEST Sunday, April 11 1999 Volume 01 :
> Number 669
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: Parentages
> Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
> Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
> Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
> Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competiti
> Re: Parentages
> Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competiti
> Re: Parentages
> Re: Parentages
> Southern California Planting Times?
> Re: Parentages
> Dolly update - 2.05 pm
> Re:1996 Geerts 946.5 Auction
> Re-IPGA Auction
> IPGA SEED AUCTION - DAY 10 GRAND FINALE
> Re: IPGA SEED AUCTION - DAY 10 GRAND FINALE
> Mettler 974 not Mettler 987: IPGA Auction
> Re: Southern California Planting Times?
> Re: Southern California Planting Times?
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 10:31:02 -0700
> From: "Harold Eddleman Ph.D." <indbio@disknet.com>
> Subject: Re: Parentages
>
> From: Harold Eddleman
> See my comment at the very bottom; a problem I am struggling with.
>
> pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> >
> > > I fully agree with you on this, and in light of discussions with
> > > Harold, I think it might be a good idea to carefully identify
> > > "self" or "sib". eg. 123 Eaton 1998 x self is not the same as
> > > 123 Eaton 1998 x 123 Eaton 1998.
> > >
> > >Till next time...
> > >*******************************************************************
> > >Rock - I agree with that and perhaps we can encourage others to do
> the same.
> >
> > This means pollination could be:
> > open----by mother nature
> > cross---by hand-from plant of a different mother
> > self----by hand-from same plant
> > sib-----by hand-from different plant with same mother
> >
> > The only change would be as follows:
> >
> > This----700 Rivard 99--600 Rivard 98 x 600 Rivard 98(self)
> >
> > Or This-----------------------------------x 600 Rivard 98(sib)
> >
> > I'm not sure that the terms are all botanically correct but I think
> it is
> > OK and would be an improvement and leaves little room for error.
> >
> > How does this explanation look to you?
> >
> From: Harold Eddleman
> We can add testcross (tc) to Rock's list. In a testcross we mate an
> unknown with homozygous recessive as a cross to test whether the
> unknown
> has the recessive gene. Testcrosses can be very useful also when
> checking linkages (assigning gene to chromosome or location on the
> chromosome). We are not that far in AG genetics, but Keel just sent me
> some testcross data on seed color which he discovered in his records.
>
> Here is a complication. Suppose a vine has 2 or more fruits. I think
> I
> have heard of vines that had more than 3 fruits and each was a few
> hundred pounds weight. How do we name those pumpkins?
> Keep in mind that the female contribution to all four fruits is
> identical. Therefore, if you selfed all 4 fruits, the seeds from all
> the
> fruits are similar and there is no reason not to put them in a single
> jar. In practice, I might cross the first female flower, self the
> second
> flower, and sib or testcross the 3rd and 4th flowers. I guess a
> contestant wants only one fruit per plant, my remarks above are for
> your
> seed (or research) nursery.
> While all siblings are, on average, somewhat identical, they can
> differ greatly in allelic content. Sibs are not identical twins.
> Siblings differ greatly in production potential. Therefore, I have
> always identified the the sib that furnished the pollen and a seed bag
> might have this label: 1998-34Db sib A. That decodes as follows. Fruit
> was grown in 1998; second ear on 4th plant in row 34; pollen was from
> a
> sib which was the first plant in the row. [All the seeds planted in a
> row came from one fruit].
> My point is: We may speed up our progress to large fruits if we
> understand the parentage better. It may make a difference if a future
> breeder can look back and know that two WWW Dill 1991 are different
> seeds. A human can figure that out as they were planted by different
> breeders, but to a computer they are identical. They are the same
> string
> of characters.
> I am reading Lerner's "Genetic Homeostasis" (1954). He gave lots of
> data and in all instances inbred lines had greater varibility than the
> hybrid created by crossing them. One lesson from this is that if you
> are
> inbreeding by selfing and sibbing to get a line pure for important
> traits, you have to expect pumpkin weights to vary alarmingly. In his
> examples they had sibbed (brother x sister) for 10 to 60 generations.
> They used mice, chickens, fruit flies, but plant breeders had not
> recorded variability--seems they blamed it on growing conditions.
>
> In my corn work I labeled the top ear A and the next was B, C, D
> (rare
> plants did produce 4 ears having seeds). If you ask me about
> 1971-100Db, I can get my 1971 notebook turn to the page for row 100
> and
> read lots of nice details, from the page header, about the ear planted
> (including its identification), go down to the 4th plant (D) and tell
> you its description, and under b tell you about the second ear (the
> pollen used, size of ear, color of seed, etc).
>
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> Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:41:53 -0700
> From: "Judy Stallcop" <stallcop@medford.net>
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
>
> Hello, can someone translate the kgs into pounds please???????
>
> Judy
>
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pumpkin Lady <atlantic@alphalink.com.au>
> To: 'Pumpkin Mailing List' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>; Paul & Lorene
> Latham
> <latham@alphalink.com.au>; Tom Karnatz <rkarnatz@netdocs.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 1:02 AM
> Subject: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
>
>
> > Today, 10th April, 1999 the Australasian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable
> > Competition held by the Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Society
> > Inc, was held at four sites across Australia. The results were:
> >
> > 1st Rodney Leadbeatter, Alstonville, N.S.W.
> > (weighed at Queensland site) 268.9kgs (NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD)
> >
> > 2nd 209.1kgs from Western Australia (no further details available
> as
> > yet)
> >
> > 3rd 192.1kgs Ian Miller from Victoria
> >
> > 4th 174.5kgs from Australian Capital Territory (no further
> details
> > available as yet)
> >
> > Squash 202.1kgs Ian Miller (new Australian Record) Victoria
> > 184.3kgs Stan Reid, Queensland
> > 91.8kgs Western Australia
> >
> > Paul Latham of Victoria broke his own Australian Record for a
> Sunflower,
> > with a sunflower 4.250metres.
> >
> > Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like further
> > information, atlantic@alphalink.com.au.
> >
> > Wendy Stayner
> > Secretary
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:06:48 -0700
> From: "Keith R. Holden" <kholden@ampsc.com>
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
>
> Judy multiply by 2.2 and you get pounds eg 100Kg x2.2+ 220 pounds
> Cheers
> Keith
> At 02:41 PM 10/04/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hello, can someone translate the kgs into pounds please???????
> >
> >Judy
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Pumpkin Lady <atlantic@alphalink.com.au>
> >To: 'Pumpkin Mailing List' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>; Paul & Lorene
> Latham
> ><latham@alphalink.com.au>; Tom Karnatz <rkarnatz@netdocs.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 1:02 AM
> >Subject: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
> >
> >
> >> Today, 10th April, 1999 the Australasian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable
> >> Competition held by the Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable
> Society
> >> Inc, was held at four sites across Australia. The results were:
> >>
> >> 1st Rodney Leadbeatter, Alstonville, N.S.W.
> >> (weighed at Queensland site) 268.9kgs (NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD)
> >>
> >> 2nd 209.1kgs from Western Australia (no further details
> available as
> >> yet)
> >>
> >> 3rd 192.1kgs Ian Miller from Victoria
> >>
> >> 4th 174.5kgs from Australian Capital Territory (no further
> details
> >> available as yet)
> >>
> >> Squash 202.1kgs Ian Miller (new Australian Record) Victoria
> >> 184.3kgs Stan Reid, Queensland
> >> 91.8kgs Western Australia
> >>
> >> Paul Latham of Victoria broke his own Australian Record for a
> Sunflower,
> >> with a sunflower 4.250metres.
> >>
> >> Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like further
> >> information, atlantic@alphalink.com.au.
> >>
> >> Wendy Stayner
> >> Secretary
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:01:45 -0400
> From: "Jim DuBois" <jimdubois@capeonramp.com>
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
>
> 1 kg.=2.2lb.
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Stallcop <stallcop@medford.net>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
>
>
> >Hello, can someone translate the kgs into pounds please???????
> >
> >Judy
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Pumpkin Lady <atlantic@alphalink.com.au>
> >To: 'Pumpkin Mailing List' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>; Paul & Lorene
> Latham
> ><latham@alphalink.com.au>; Tom Karnatz <rkarnatz@netdocs.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 1:02 AM
> >Subject: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition
> >
> >
> >> Today, 10th April, 1999 the Australasian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable
> >> Competition held by the Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable
> Society
> >> Inc, was held at four sites across Australia. The results were:
> >>
> >> 1st Rodney Leadbeatter, Alstonville, N.S.W.
> >> (weighed at Queensland site) 268.9kgs (NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD)
> >>
> >> 2nd 209.1kgs from Western Australia (no further details
> available as
> >> yet)
> >>
> >> 3rd 192.1kgs Ian Miller from Victoria
> >>
> >> 4th 174.5kgs from Australian Capital Territory (no further
> details
> >> available as yet)
> >>
> >> Squash 202.1kgs Ian Miller (new Australian Record) Victoria
> >> 184.3kgs Stan Reid, Queensland
> >> 91.8kgs Western Australia
> >>
> >> Paul Latham of Victoria broke his own Australian Record for a
> Sunflower,
> >> with a sunflower 4.250metres.
> >>
> >> Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like further
> >> information, atlantic@alphalink.com.au.
> >>
> >> Wendy Stayner
> >> Secretary
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:24:08 -0700
> From: "Harold Eddleman Ph.D." <indbio@disknet.com>
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competiti
>
> pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello, can someone translate the kgs into pounds please???????
> >
> > Judy
> 2.2 x kg = american pounds
>
> - --
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> http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:31:40 -0400
> From: "Rock Rivard" <jenaipas@netrover.com>
> Subject: Re: Parentages
>
> excerpt from Harold,
> > Keep in mind that the female contribution to all four fruits is
> >identical. Therefore, if you selfed all 4 fruits, the seeds from all
> the
> >fruits are similar and there is no reason not to put them in a single
> >jar. In practice, I might cross the first female flower, self the
> second
> >flower, and sib or testcross the 3rd and 4th flowers. I guess a ....
>
> In genetics tc probably has an importance, but in competitive pumpkin
> growing, I think that very few will actually have more than 2 pumpkins
> per
> plant.
>
> Very often, a grower will use pollen from several male to mate 1
> female. If
> the male flowers come from a different plant than that of the female,
> this
> is obviuosly a cross. If using multiple male flowers (from the same
> plant as
> the female) to pollinate, what happens to the genes? Are the male
> flowers
> from a same plant genetically different? Should this type of
> pollination be
> note?
>
> A few not so serious names for this type of pollination come to
> mind...
> open-selfed, cross-sibbed, self-crossed...you get the picture ;-)
>
> Till next time...
>
> Rock jenaipas@netrover.com
>
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:48:52 -0700
> From: "Judy Stallcop" <stallcop@medford.net>
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competiti
>
> THANKS!!!!!
>
> Thank you everyone for you help.
> Judy
>
>
>
>
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> From: Harold Eddleman Ph.D. <indbio@disknet.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competiti
>
>
> > pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, can someone translate the kgs into pounds please???????
> > >
> > > Judy
> > 2.2 x kg = american pounds
> >
> > --
> > Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist.
> i*@disknet.com
> > Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
> > http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab
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> >
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:58:05 EDT
> From: LIpumpkin@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Parentages
>
> Hey Rock-I thought you grew a 1200 lber in
> 1999?.................................G
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:14:03 -0400
> From: "Rock Rivard" <jenaipas@netrover.com>
> Subject: Re: Parentages
>
> You got your dbase mixed up Glenn, the 1200 lber was the one I culled
> ;-)
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> À : pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date : samedi, avril 10, 1999 19:10
> Objet : Re: Parentages
>
>
> >Hey Rock-I thought you grew a 1200 lber in
> >1999?.................................G
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 17:57:23 -0700
> From: "Daniel Barnett" <dbarnett@cts.com>
> Subject: Southern California Planting Times?
>
> I live in San Diego County and was wondering when I should plant. Last
> year
> I planted July 4th and my pumpkins wilted away with 20 days to spare
> before
> Halloween. I grew 7 pumpkins off 3 plants that were all 120+. Should I
> plant
> early? Summer temps can easily hover around 90-95 degrees with some
> spells
> into the 105+ plus range. We live inland from the coast.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dan
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:13:57 -0700
> From: "Harold Eddleman Ph.D." <indbio@disknet.com>
> Subject: Re: Parentages
>
> pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> Rock wrote:
> >
> > Very often, a grower will use pollen from several male to mate 1
> female. If
> > the male flowers come from a different plant than that of the
> female, this
> > is obviuosly a cross. If using multiple male flowers (from the same
> plant as
> > the female) to pollinate, what happens to the genes?
> ** Until shown otherwise we would assume all the pollen grains have
> equal chance to grow a pollen tube down the stigma and fertilize an
> egg.
> However, this being biology, it seems likely one pollen would be a
> little faster than pollen from the other males. [I have no facts].
> > Are the male flowers from a same plant genetically different?
> On average, they should all be equivalent. But if the males flowers
> we
> not covered, I always worry that bees may have brought in wild pollen.
> I
> always cover my male flowers.
> > Should this type of pollination be note?
> If one wants good records, yes. If one is using pollen from several
> lines, that is semi-open pollination. When I am sibbing, I use pollen
> from the best sibs available, I do not use pollen from the weak
> plants.
> >
> > A few not so serious names for this type of pollination come to
> mind...
> > open-selfed, cross-sibbed, self-crossed...you get the picture?
> We can get lots of ideas and think about it. I have attended a few
> meetings of university breeders: blueberry, cowpeas, green beans,
> tomato, but I did not think to ask any of these questions. I think
> they
> use less pedigree data and more selection because they have about 100
> to
> 300 times as many plants to select from.
> Sweetpotato breeding is really strange. Few flowers make seeds and
> they do not attempt any hand crosses. They plant several kinds of
> sweetpotato in a "polynursery" and let insects do the crosses. If any
> seeds are found, they are planted and the breeder looks for good
> potatoes.
> - --
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> Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
> http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab
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> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:06:29 +1200
> From: John Sargeant <John.sargeant@STDC.govt.nz>
> Subject: Dolly update - 2.05 pm
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> Dolly still rules but Hawera Primary School have a good second.
>
> We have 86 pumpkins in so far and about another hour to go.
>
> http://www.hawera.net.nz/index1.html
> Have a 'Parky'day
> John S.
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:24:13 -0700
> From: "Mike Stephenson" <beacon@teleport.com>
> Subject: Re:1996 Geerts 946.5 Auction
>
> Can we expect a closing hours update?
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:10:02 -0400
> From: "Wayne Kennedy" <waynekennedy@sprint.ca>
> Subject: Re-IPGA Auction
>
> Does anyone know what happened to Brad and the
> Auction.............Wayne
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:04:40 EDT
> From: Brad2julie@aol.com
> Subject: IPGA SEED AUCTION - DAY 10 GRAND FINALE
>
> Hello everyone,
> First I would like to say I am sorry for the
> delay in
> the auction the past couple of days. I ended up leaving town a day
> sooner
> than expected. Second, I would like to congratulate Shaun from
> Polaris@wolfnet.com for winning day 9 with a bid of $32. Third, I
> would
> like to thank everyone for their participation in this auction. It
> must was
> more of a success than I ever imagined it would be. And last but
> certainly
> not least (as promised by my sister-in-law who was so kind to send you
> an
> e-mail while I was out of town) Day10 and the Ciliberto 697 !!
> Bidding for
> last day(s) auction will start immediately and end Monday at midnight.
>
> Remember to submit all bids privately to Brad2Julie@aol.com
>
> Here is the list:(bid on the seeds as a group)
>
> 1) Ciliberto 697
> 2) Mettler 987
> 3) Mettler 865
> 4) Shymanski 771
> 5) Holland 700+ ( Holland 827 x Holland 879)
>
> God Bless
>
> Brad Walters
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:20:11 EDT
> From: Brad2julie@aol.com
> Subject: Re: IPGA SEED AUCTION - DAY 10 GRAND FINALE
>
> Sorry about the type-O. The Second seed should be a Mettler 974 not a
>
> Mettler 987.
>
> Sorry if this caused any confusion,
>
> Brad
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:25:53 EDT
> From: Brad2julie@aol.com
> Subject: Mettler 974 not Mettler 987: IPGA Auction
>
> Attention Bidders:
>
> The seed listed in the auction as a Mettler 987 is actually a Mettler
> 974.
>
> Sorry for the error,
>
> Brad
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:48:06 -0700
> From: Ken & Charlotte Mitchell <twoturkey@juno.com>
> Subject: Re: Southern California Planting Times?
>
> Daniel
> Here in Central Ca near Sacramento I tend to plant around the end of
> May.
> In hot weather of greater than 100* you have to cool the plant via
> misters or other methods. Heat definetely matures the plant. As for
> last year we had a couple days of 114*, which makes it very
> challenging
> and stressfull. Last year I managed a few 500 # ers, considering the
> climate, I think I did as best as possible. The more year's you put
> in
> the better you get at handling situations. Every year the weather
> changes, you just have to go with your gut feeling on dates. Thats
> what
> make this sport so fun, the CHALLENGES. You have to do the best job
> you
> can and hope for the best or move to a better location and San Diego
> would be a hard to move from.
> Turkeyman
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 17:57:23 -0700 "Daniel Barnett" <dbarnett@cts.com>
> writes:
> >I live in San Diego County and was wondering when I should plant.
> Last
> >year
> >I planted July 4th and my pumpkins wilted away with 20 days to spare
> >before
> >Halloween. I grew 7 pumpkins off 3 plants that were all 120+. Should
> I
> >plant
> >early? Summer temps can easily hover around 90-95 degrees with some
> >spells
> >into the 105+ plus range. We live inland from the coast.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Dan
> >
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:35:07 -0700
> From: rptroy <rptroy@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Southern California Planting Times?
>
> Dan,
>
> Two miles from the beach for me here in L.A. County........Last year I
> planted
> first week in June and my pumpkins wanted to keep growing. I had to
> cut them by
> the first of Oct. to get them up north to the weigh off. This year I
> will be
> planting Third of Fourth week in May......I plant the seed directly in
> the
> ground.
> I use misters over head during hot weather and plenty of water on the
> ground
> under the plants. I build complete shade structures over the pumpkins
> so no sun
> hits them at all..........
> Like the Turkeyman says, Cooling is a must ! Shade Cloth over the
> entire plant
> is another way to go if you can afford it.....
>
> Bob T.
> Torrance Ca....
>
> Daniel Barnett wrote:
>
> > I live in San Diego County and was wondering when I should plant.
> Last year
> > I planted July 4th and my pumpkins wilted away with 20 days to spare
> before
> > Halloween. I grew 7 pumpkins off 3 plants that were all 120+. Should
> I plant
> > early? Summer temps can easily hover around 90-95 degrees with some
> spells
> > into the 105+ plus range. We live inland from the coast.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
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