Re: Support Group

Dave and Russ,

My sympathies to both of you.  Every good grower has a bad season.  That said,
it still hurts when it happens to you.  Imagine how Howard Dill felt when, in
the course of perfecting the Atlantic Giant pumpkin over 30 years, he had a
bad year--probably more than once.

Stay the course and keep the faith that the Great Pumpkin is coming.

Good growing to you.

Steve Minor

--- On Sun, 8/22/10, dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com> wrote:

From: dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Support Group
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 2:42 PM

Russ,
Sorry about the split...this has also been my worst week as an AG in many
years...I lost by 1596 Wallace, 1161 Rodonis and my 1068 Wallace to rib
splits
all within 5 days!  That was over 3000 lbs of pumpkins! (Plus the other 3
that
have BES on me earlier! Blossom End Split)
Of the 10 I started with..down to 4...so this is a crazy sport...hopefully,
I'll have one left for a weighoff. LOL.
Wishing everyone better luck.
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN.






-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:03 am
Subject: Re: Support Group


Yesterday I was checking my pumpkins and with one of my largest I found a
split at the blossom end. I prodded a little and found out that the pumpkin
is
starting to go soft. I did some OTT measurements and showed that it is a
little of 800 lbs. So yes, a big disappointment. The only good news is that I
have one more left that might be bigger than this one. Today, I get to spend
hacking up the split pumpkin and hauling if off before it becomes smelly. I
will say that growing these things require a lot of skill and being able to
take one to the gut when you least expect it.

Russ Stokes
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