Re: re:460 square feet ????
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- Subject: Re: re:460 square feet ????
- From: w*
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 05:20:15 -0500
My two cents worth, Gary you were more than generous considering and in my
case you offered me a very hard to get seed no strings attached. You are a
very generous person and good luck in 99... Wayne
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> From: gary burke <pumpkingrower@netscape.net>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: re:460 square feet ????
> Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 12:33 AM
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> brett
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> the plant of my 1092 had 3 main vines. the first main
> vine ran north to south and the end was buried when it
> reached 23 feet.the 2 other main vines ran east and
> west for 10 feet and then i curled them around to run
> parallel with the north - south main vine. i let them
> run for a few feet and then cut the ends off and buried
> them.all secondary vines starting on the east-west mains
> were pruned when they started. the secondary vines
> coming off the north-south main were trained to follow
> the same pattern as the east-west mains but i allowed
> them to run a few feet farther eah time.the total width
> of space the 1092 grew on was 20 feet. i left work and
> came home and pollinated it on june 24, it was 8 feet
> out from the stump on the n-s main vine.i started 4 pumpkins
> on the plant and within 2 weeks it was clear which one
> was the keeper so i cut the rest off.on july 13 it
> measured 77 lbs. ,on july 27 it measured 387 lbs. ,on
> aug 17 it measured 826 lbs. , on sept. 7 it measured 984
> lbs. and the final measurement i took suggested it weighed
> approx. 1050 lbs on oct. 2 .
> i want to clear something up about MY seeds.i was able
> to keep 100 seeds out of the 1092 and pt.elgin received
> the rest. i had promised approx. 40 out to friends and
> family and i planned on keeping about 20 for myself before
> all the phone calls, emails and letters started coming
> in. by the middle of october i had hundreds of requests
> and 40 seeds.i answered every request and either sent
> them seeds out of my 1092 plus other seeds or just sent
> them other seeds , it was there choice! i did not want
> to choose one person over another.
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> gary burke
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