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Re: poopey-faced

At 10:02 AM 8/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey there growers,
>
>Our first attempt at growing pumpkins failed miserably.  And, I was just
>wondering...
>
>Am I just lame, or is this a lot more difficult than throwing a few
>seeds in the ground?  How bout humoring me with some "FIRST TIME"
>stories :)   It sure would help my ego to know I wasn't the only newbie
>out there to fail this year :)
>
>Thank folks!  
>              Trish

I could tell you about the ones that have split and the ones that rotted,
but it's too depressing.  After responding to Mike's posting about his 200
OTT pumpkin, I went out to discover that my (only) pumpkin has developed
three splits near the stem--which of course knocks it out of every
respectable competition.  But I decided to duct tape the stem together, and
patch it up as well as possible with pruning paint (which is great
stuff)--mostly for a lark.

I will let you know at which point Nature defeats me.

Stephen
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