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We need Al Eaton and Paul Handy's input on this
one...........wayne
P.S. great
subject
-----Original Message-----
From:
L*@aol.com <L*@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date:
Monday, January 29, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: heavy to the
charts
In a
message dated 1/29/2001 5:30:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
b*@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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