Re: Oregon Update- Rising from the Ashes
Great to hear Brett...............welcome back..............Wayne
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> From: Orion910@aol.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Oregon Update- Rising from the Ashes
> Date: Sunday, August 22, 1999 11:54 PM
>
> Greetings to all GIant Pumpkins growers everywhere, it is scary to say,
but
> the Northwest lives, if not just barely. Words from Washington tell of a
few
> pumpkins poking themselves above their leaves. Of course my Oregon
compadres
> are doing okay, and that leads up to my undead pumpkin patch. After the
> hail, after the wind, after the rain and lightning, there is life. It
took 2
> days for the leaves to stand upright again, and I loped off all leaves
that
> were bent over. All runners and fruit the were too heavily damaged or
split
> from the 3 inches of rain in 45 minutes were removed, and what was left
is
> what I have. I did lose 2 more fruit since then, a #486 and one this
morning
> that I haven't weighed yet. The patch is not a beautiful thing, and down
> right embarassing to look at, but after I counted it out, the plants have
> life.
> Site Sub Zero- 560 LaRue- Not a lot here, three fruit remain all around
200
> pounds. It is difficult to lop the last fruit, due to the simple fact
that
> none of them will be contenders, and when it comes to selling pumpkins,
three
> is better than two.
> Site Zero- 990 Bax- This plant did what it needed, pollinated nearly
every
> pumpkin in the patch, and has two pure bred crosses for seeds that are
> getting nice enough to temp other to grow.
> Site One- 738 Stellpflug- Has two fruit left on it, one is nice, other is
> young. Like all plants, severly damaged by hail.
> 900 Lyons- Two fruit left as well, Both are nice.
> Site Two- 469 Hester #1- Two fruit left, both very small.
> 825 Shymanski, Fruit are wheels that all blew out the
blossom,
> worthless.
> Site Three- 801 Stelts, harvested a #486 for the County Fair that had
stem
> split. One fruit coming on strong now. May make 100 pounds by weighoff.
> - 469 Hester #2- one fruit left, oh two, one small one
smaller.
> - 737 Stellpflug- Don't ask. Largest fruit so far, 5
pounds.
> Site four- 879 Holland- four fruit, no, five. three small, one medium,
one
> nice.
> Site Five- 946.5 Geerts- Mayby by October 2000 it may get a 50 pounder.
> Site Six- 475 Hester- Nice plant, thick. Fastest fruit ever to 400
pounds
> from my patch, but early stem problems caused by the grower couldn't keep
it
> attached. also has another fruit.
> - 697 Ciliberto- eight fruit left, all small. smallest was
> largest ever measurement at 14, and now 18 days. Looks like that new
record
> on from the 475 won't last long.
> Site seven- 935 Lloyd- two fruit remain. One small, one bigger.
> Site P#1- 720 Hester- Will raise this plant in a good site next year, I
like
> it. Laughed off the hail, and wind, one nice fruit.
> Site P#2- 449 Marcellus- All fruit exploded when hail impacted on them.
One
> healed over however, and lives.
> There you have it, nothing fancy, but they will give me an excuse to go
to
> the weighoffs anyway. As a footnote, the seeds from the #486 are what I
> would consider to be very nice looking seeds. It was a 801.5 Stelts
crossed
> with the #866 Mombert. Seeds are medium sized, and I was able to use one
> male per lobe, and keep the seeds from each lobe seperate. I was able to
do
> this for each of my decent pumpkins this year, and will keep track as to
what
> does the best to see if there is anything behind the theory of each seed
lobe
> having different traits. Take Care all, The Pumpkinguru isn't going to
quit
> even know my leaves look like swiss cheese, the fruit are all cratered,
and
> are growing slower than the hair of a bald man, or woman for that matter.
> Good Luck
> Brett The Pumpkinguru Hester
>
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