Re: Pumpkin progress BE CAREFULL!!
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- Subject: Re: Pumpkin progress BE CAREFULL!!
- From: "* D* <s*@pcug.org.au>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:12:44 +1100
George,
You are correct it has stopped growing.
Stewart ACT Aust
sdeans@pcug.org.au
-----Original Message-----
From: GBPUMPKIN <GBPUMPKIN@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, 7 January 1998 10:08
Subject: Re: Pumpkin progress BE CAREFULL!!
>In a message dated 98-01-06 06:21:37 EST, sdeans@pcug.org.au writes:
>
><< Subj: Pumpkin progress
> Date: 98-01-06 06:21:37 EST
> From: sdeans@pcug.org.au (Stewart Deans)
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>
> Gday folks,
> The temperatures have come down and we had almost a day of light rain
> (perhaps 5mm) very welcome. I have been tying up the vines and attempting
to
> get the fruit into position so I wont have trouble with the stem breaking
> off as it grows.
> Almost all the flowers I pollinated seem to have taken (even ones done at
> 100F) and the bees have been busy covering all other females. I had to
prune
> off over a dozen grapefruit sized fruit on the weekend from one plant and
> they keep coming. I am now starting to measure the and record the OTT
> measurements to ensure I don't limit my selection too early.
> The Bobier consistently produces four segment flowers and the Zehr five
> segment flowers.
> Stewart ACT Aust
> sdeans@pcug.org.au
> >>
>
>Pumpkins set in high heat can fail at basket ball size and bigger. I would
>let them get to 55 inches in circumference before deciding which to prune
off.
>
>George
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