Re: Tiny split (andrew)
I suppose you could fill it with water, then plug it up!
(Just kidding...)
Hmm... suppose you had a giant orange pumpkin and a giant
green squash. You could cut the pumpkin into a "checkerboard"
while still on the vine. Then you take donor squares from the
squash. If the pumpkin survives this operation, you'd have quite
a sight!
Obviously this would be for display, not for competition. ;-)
Regards, Cliff in Idaho
Greg Schraiber <Greg@schraiber.com>@mallorn.com on 08/29/2000 04:44:14 PM
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Subject: Re: Tiny split (andrew)
Andrew, first, I'd like to echo the sympatheses expressed by others.
With regards to plugging a pumpkin, I pose the following question.
Is it legal?
Since most of the rules I've seen clearly state that no foreign material
can be present, I wonder if a plugged pumpkin would be legal. One might
argue that if the plug healed, then the plug effectively become part of the
pumpkin. However I have titanium inserts in my spine that healed and the
inserts are still clearly foreign. So you say titanium is not flesh and the
plug in the pumpkin was. Would a kidney from my brother be considered
'foreign' under the rules?
I realize this is kind of a gray area, but it seems to me that a plugged
pumpkin would not qualify under the rules.
As a matter of honor, I'm assuming the presence of the plug was made known.
What do you think?
Greg Schraiber
John Spahr wrote: Andrew Before you go too far, give this a little thought.
It is possible to use another similar piece to make a plug from another
pumpkin. Oddly, I have done this and as long as the plug is a good fit it
can actually heal up! Here are some rules to follow though. 1. use an
actual steel drill to assure the hole is perfectly round and make sure it
removes enough material to get to nice fresh surface 2.I would use a
pimpkin from the same plant if it is at all possible to make the plug. If
this can't be done, another pumpkin that came from the same seed (even if
on another plant) may work. 3. the plug should be a nice snug fit.(very
slightly larger than the hole you make) Enlist the assistance of a
carpenter who is familiar with dowling or pegging together furniture if
needed. 4. make an estimate of what you feel the thickness is at this point
in the fruit and make the plug as close to that as possible. 5. use rubber
gloves and work fast to avoid contamination. 6. treat the wound. As I
said, in an effort to keep a fruit into Oct. last year for a halloween
festival I tried this as a matter of desparation. To my surprise, it
actually healed within 10 days and formed a nice stable crust around the
spot where the plug was made. It was actually nearly impossible to see
where this had been done. Above is how I approached the problem. My problem
was exactly as you describe yours. I can not say the following will work,
but if you have nothing else to use as a material to make a plug, I would
consider cutting a piece of vine from the same plant and using it for plug
material. You may be able to carve what you need from vine material (witout
the skin of course)
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