RE: New look on old problem

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Rebecca Steward
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:21 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: New look on old problem

Geeeeezzzzz Pirate---!!   I knew that sleep deprivation was gonna catch up
w/ you sooner or later!!!  BUT DID YOU SAY IT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY?!!???!!!??
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!!
FROM ALL OF US CRAZY PUMPKIN PEOPLE....!!@!!
Rebkin
Martinez, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: <Pumpkinpirate1@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: New look on old problem


> Hi all
> OK here is a subject no one likes to talk about BUT I wanted to share some
> ideas with you all..
>    I was at a growers house a few weeks ago and the grower had a pumpkin
> growing faster then anything we had seen in southern CA in years. he had
built
> Gregory Cabins over it and it was totally grown in the dark So far so
good. well
> what sticks out in my mind was I was beginning to sweat as it was around
85
> degrees with bright sun the grower commented as he touched the pumpkin
that is
> was Very cool. I felt it and in fact it was cold in my opinion.
>   Two days later this pumpkin split and the heat question came up in my
mind.
> If you cover your pumpkins to insulate them and the plant warms up faster
> then the Pumpkin as the warm juices fill the shoulders it may cause a
temperature
> problem in the pumpkin. Warm or hot expand faster then cold and like with
the
> potassium and calcium problem it may take a long time for the warm fluids
to
> make it to the blossom end causing the blossom to mature at a different
pace
> then the shoulders. since the leaves and stalks / runners are thin and
exposed
> to the sun and air currents it will warm up faster then the large MASS of
the
> pumpkin its self.
>
>    Now I know Nothing is Black and white with growing pumpkins but I am
> simply asking if anyone has ever considered this being the cause for
blossom splits
> or am I just over thinking the whole thing.. Well, any way it is my
birthday
> today and I took the day off so I was just sitting on the computer trying
to
> get a few of my ideas out to the list. Take care all and I hope you all
have a
> Wonderful season and personal bests to everyone!
>
>     Kevin Smith
>  Pumpkin Pirate     All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my
hand.
>
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