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Fw: The Energizer Pumpkin

 
----- Original Message -----
From: i*@GardeningExpress.co.uk
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: The Energizer Pumpkin

so, what did you use to pollinate her Vince?
 
mine aren't too good this year, England ishas been a bit too cool.  it cold cold and wet when they should have had growth spurts, in my area anyway.  and now it's warmed up a bit they're toughening up.  never mind.... there's always next year.
 
and they were like two weeks behind anyway due to cool weather at the start!
 
Chris
 
in the UK
----- Original Message -----
From: d*@stratuswave.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: The Energizer Pumpkin

Hope you get that CA 1000#er. Keep Truckin!
Don Chambers
----- Original Message -----
From: a*@yahoo.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: The Energizer Pumpkin

 
Geneva Electric, my 922.5 Emmons, continues to defy all the rules.  It is now refusing to slow down.  The fruit is 45 days old and still is packing on 30 pounds a day.  This morning I had to measure it twice - there has to be some mistake..... but the tape don't lie, no matter how many times I measure.... it just keeps on truckin'.

I've tried using Al's formula to figure out an approximate final weight, but the number I get is so outrageous it just can't be so.  I keep telling myself I have to wait for it to slow down for the formula to work...  but it just keeps going, and going and going - like an energizer bunny plugged into AC.


GE glows in the patch like a light bulb drawing 10 Megawatts

GE (short for Geneva Electric) is also a power thief.  It finally dawned on me why we're getting all these power outages.  GE has found a way to tap into the power grid and is pulling so much juice she's tripping the main breakers at the substation and blowing transformers......  

I've think I've fixed this.  I've hooked my car battery charger onto the main vine and I'm running 8 amps into the plant on a continuous basis.   The power outages have stopped.  Hopefully the power company won't catch on......

You can watch the glow on the GE Cam  at:

http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/geneva/gecam.htm

Hit the previous button on the web page and you can see a few shots showing how the fruit has grown.  I'm updating the page every other day now.

vince
best 831, 2001
zone 9, the pumpkin zone

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