Re: LIBBY"S in Morton Il.

Gene:

Thanks for all the SVB research!  I'll stow that away for next year.
    I'm a first year AG pumpkin grower up in Massachusetts.  We've had good
weather up here except for the complete lack of any precipitation.  I have
been amazed with the vigor of this plant.  I have a vine going that covers
about 500 sq. feet.  I've got three pumpkins on the vine (biggest 55-42-42,
averaging 3"/day for during its 18 day existance) and except for insatiable
thirst, my vine WAS very trouble free.  And this was totally organic, no
chemicals at all.  Then I had to go and get married out of state and take a
honeymoon in Seattle.  The vine had to go about 2 weeks with just the
neighbor kid stopping by to water it.
    The vine paid for my absence.  I returned home a few days back to find
quite a few VBs had set up shop on various vines.  The worst of it was that
2 went straight into the stump of the plant.  About 3 inches from the root I
had to pull out these little beasts.  I did a pretty clean job removing
them, but still... and who knows there might be more.

    Anyhow, the plant seems stable after all that.  I do think it is a
pretty hardy vine.  Between this and my slightly late start I don't think it
will be one for the record books, but I am determined to keep this thing
alive.

In regards to that Thunderstorm Brett - Ouch... that is pretty nasty luck.
But if I ever write a Top 10 list of ways to know that you are a pumpkin
growing addict, your story will be way up there.

So about what time of year do people start acquiring seeds for next year?
Now that I am totally hooked on this plant I want to grow something other
than the historyless seeds I bought from JohnneySeeds this year. (Hey, you
have to start somewhere right?)

            Good luck & good weather to you all  --Dan

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