1006 Child "The Living Dead" Update 8/17/98
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: 1006 Child "The Living Dead" Update 8/17/98
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:47:55 EDT
Updated text marked with **.
On 8/7/98 my Geer 1006 developed a fatal blossom end split. I discovered it
at 5:30 a.m., after regaining my composure, I took some Tree Tanglefoot and
sealed the crack hoping to mature the seeds. Even though it developed a crack
I want to grow this strain again. It is the most vigorous vine I have ever
seen, circumference at the base of the vine is 18". If I get some seeds I
will grow it next year with a couple of other Pumpkins on the vine as shock
absorbers.
Now the "Living Dead" part:
8/7: the day it split 135" c backed off on water and fertilizer. (Had been
growing 1.5 - 2" per day)
** OTT on 8/7 289
8/8: 135.750
8/9: 136.500
8/10: 137.500
8/11: 139.000 (resumed water and fertilizer)
8/12: 140.000
8/13: 141.000
** 8/14: 141.750
** 8/15: 142.750 Second crack at Dill Ring, did not open up into seed cavity,
sealed with Tree Tanglefoot.
** 8/16: 143.500
** 8/17: 144.500 OTT 304.5 Webbing starting to form.
** Keep expecting to go out there and see it in a big heap, not yet. It seems
to slow down after a crack only to recover again. Thought the Tree Tanglefoot
might attack the pumpkin flesh, no sign of it yet. (It wasn't my first choice
but at 5 a.m. it was all I could find in a hurry.) I still expect it to stop
growing and go soft any day now.
** Anybody out there had this happen before?
George
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