Re: Splitsville
Splits are something that can really leave a grower bummed out! Yesterday
evening I walked in the patch to find that heathenistic neighbor kids have
poked big holes in all my pumkins ( except they missed a little 40 lb er).
You talk about disgusted! I was devastated and serioudly thinking about
giving this silly pumpknin growing obsession up! Them little *&#*?#*!!'s
have no idea of the pain they caused.
IF anyone has pics of a firefighter carved in a pumpkin please send to me!
Thanks
jmorse2@columbus.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Crews" <bigandorange@shaw.ca>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: Splitsville
> Thanks for the concern List.
>
> Mike, I started some of my 544 seeds and had a few people grow them.
> Alas they are all newbies and did not do so well. Cold spring, hot
> summer and early frost have done some of them in. But I do have a few
> people hooked. I plan on growing one next year. By the way Mike,
> expect a form soon.
>
> Gus, I am not sure if strapping would work. The crack was almost
> completely around the pumpkin and it was sagging quite early. Although
> I thought the pumpkin was just flat looking. Maybe a big veggie-form
> would work. :-)
>
> Tim, your pumpkin sounds just like mine. The one on the secondary vine
> that I still have growing is a much taller rounder pumpkin that its late
> brother that was on the primary. Mine was an aggressive plant right
> from start though the pumpkin did take a while to get going. Once it
> got about 50 inches of circumference, it just took off. Of course,
> temperatures were warm. The main vine was much, much smaller after the
> pumpkin and I only had 6 feet of main vine after the pumpkin. It was a
> nice, thick, yellow pumpkin that was just starting to turn some orange.
> My 8 inch butcher knife just barely went through it and did not stand a
> chance at the front.
>
> Stan, hang in there. I must have finally figured out how to grow these.
> Now I just have to back it down a notch.
>
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