Re: Support Group
- Subject: Re: Support Group
- From: K* M* <f*@att.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:16:18 -0700
Thanks for that encouragement, Steve!
I wish Dill could have lived long enough to see the first one-ton
pumpkin. I hope I may. See it, that is, not grow it. (I don't think
this old heart could handle that much excitement.)
Kathie in Santa Rosa
On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Steve Minor wrote:
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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