Re: heavy to the charts

In a message dated 1/29/2001 5:30:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
brocfarm@pacific.net writes:


Whats the general feeling out there.................is heavy to the charts
strictly limited to genetics or is it manipulated in the soil..........or
both..................any hunches??




Im sure this isn't new news to most but weather has much to do with it. The
summer heat/drought of '99 brough us light weighing pumpkins if they were
orange (yeah,I know...another reason for green !). Seriously..the
drought/heat did this in the Northeast. I assume artificial watering cannot
replace the overall effects of a good rain or this wouldn't have happened as
most just watered more because of the drought.
  Until we include shape info in the most widely used and respected
collaboration of pumpkin results (AGGC) one may be reading too much into an
"above the charts" pumpkin.......just because its 10% heavy doesn't mean its
parent seed is prone to heavy pumpkins....it could just be one of those truck
tire shapes with no real cavity.
 Personally? I think its genetic and up to the grower and the weather not to
screw it up.................2cents...................G
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