Re: 1006 Child "The Living Dead" Update 8/17/98

GBPUMPKIN@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 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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What is Tree Tangleroot?
never heard of it before

good luck, it sounds like you did something special !

cornhusk
out of Wis.
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