NZ sun shelter.
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- Subject: NZ sun shelter.
- From: J* S*
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:31:11 +1300
Hi Team
The Andersen 634x977 is going well so if it gets any bigger I shall
have to give it a name.It almost fills the bucket I put over the top to
protect it - must get on to a proper shelter - any suggestions.There is
a pumpkin which must have pollinated itself close to the root system on
the 634 so methinks it will have to go.
Still no females on the Smith 530 though.
Who has what pollinated in Oz???
The weather has settled again and the sun shone today. Even the drought
stricken East Coast, N Island got a soak.
Chris A in California. The Half Moon Bay poster is now framed on my new
office wall and is admired by all who enter.
John S
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> pumpkins DIGEST Sunday, January 17 1999 Volume 01 :
> Number 556
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: Video
> Age, Value and Teams
> Does this Mailing list help?
> re: young vs old
> Re:
> Re:
> Re: old vs young; Digest info.
> Fw: Old verses young
> Re: AG Hybrid!!!!
> 5 gallon buckets / list members v.s. non-list members
> Wisteria work
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> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:06:44 GMT
> From: "Mike Nepereny" <cucurbyte@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Video
>
> All,
>
> I was finally able to view my George Webster video all the way through
>
> today. Way cool! Very well done and very entertaining! If any of you
> have the opportunity to view a copy I highly recommend doing so. You
> won't be disappointed. Great job George!
>
> Mike
>
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:25:18 -0500
> From: William Susa <WSusa@CompuServe.COM>
> Subject: Age, Value and Teams
>
> Greg,
>
> Sounds like an excellent plan. Possible blind drawing of teams?
>
> Bill Susa
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:59:54 -0500
> From: William Susa <WSusa@CompuServe.COM>
> Subject: Does this Mailing list help?
>
> Duncan,
>
> Yes, this list has been a fabulous help.
>
> l stumbled across it last year about 2 months into the season and how
> I
> wish I'd have found it sooner. I was a first year AG grower with some
> prior pumpkin experience, from (156#) Prizewinners down to Jack Be
> Littles.
> (Incidentally, this year we took the Blue ribbon in the county fair
> for
> our J.B.L.'s-also thanks to the list!)
>
> The mailing list has provided such a wealth of knowledge that I find
> it
> indispensable. It gives us a forum to learn and to share our
> knowledge
> about not only growing the AG, but all of the horticultural nuances
> that
> help make our soil, and gardens in general, more productive.
>
> The "Pumpkineers" are truly a generous lot, not only with wisdom to be
> shared, but with encouragement, kindness, pumpkin poetry, and seeds as
> well.
>
> I am proud to walk among them and I greatly value this "lifeline" to
> the
> world of pumpkins-especially in the ice encrusted state that we are in
> right now.
>
> Thanks to all...and to all who make the list possible. (Duncan,
> Mallorn et
> al).
>
> Bill Susa
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:31:25 -0500
> From: William Susa <WSusa@CompuServe.COM>
> Subject: re: young vs old
>
> I suppose I might as well join in too.
>
> Put me at 36...
>
> Bill Susa
> MD
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:12:38 -0500
> From: Welty <ldnwelty@raex.com>
> Subject: Re:
>
> George-
> You've got me going, I am a die hard transplanted. I believe that
> I can
> transplant so carefully before the roots reach the sides of the pots
> that
> there is no damage to the root system. This allows me an earlier
> start
> because I can not afford to heat all sites in my patch to the degree
> necessary
> for healthy plants. I also feel I have better control with starting
> the
> plants in one location were I can observe them every couple hours
> without
> making a patch tour. Another advantage to starting pots is that I can
> start
> before the ground is thawed enough to work with our tractors (a gamble
> that it
> will be in time to transplant, but I am a risk taker). I recommend 5
> to 50
> gallon pots for least shock at transplant. 50 gallon is best, but
> might be
> difficult to maneuver. Any other comments from the direct supporters,
> or the
> indirect. I will concede that if you can direct seed and create the
> proper
> environment in your hill for the seed and seedling this is best, but
> it is
> impractical for some of us (no electric in the patch).
>
> Nic Welty
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:08:26 -0500
> From: Welty <ldnwelty@raex.com>
> Subject: Re:
>
> "we plan to do lots of experimenting."
>
> What experimenting are you planning on? I am a strong advocate of
> experiments
> because they further our knowledge and weights.
>
> Nic Welty
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 23:29:34 EST
> From: Pumkinguy@aol.com
> Subject: Re: old vs young; Digest info.
>
> Hey GB,
> I can't believe it! I've been on line two days and my computer
> hasn't gone
> down. GB and I are in the same "boat" agewise. You've got me by 5
> years on the
> pumpkin growing though. Now as for the ages of Barbie Doll and pumpkin
> flower
> ( both I have met face to face). We can't count rings on these two, as
> you
> would with a tree. I'm not saying they are as old as trees mind you.
> Nor are
> they as old as dirt from the Appalachian Mountains. I would put Barbie
> (Computrese) in at a young 29. Pumpkin Flower, lets see,....let me get
> on my
> computer to figure this one
> out.....&^%%#%&)(&&=/.,0886567866**&&66^%%$..........my
> comppppputeerrr
> issss7s6 acting upppp again,..^##$# may have to figure this one out by
> hand.
> Will be back later&%$$^&&^89 with the age dating on *%^$&*)&^56
> pumpkin
> flower. Seem to have some kind of overload 7&^%#*$&* here. LATER
> pumkinguy
> &$#$&^^%^&&^*****8
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:30:36 -0800
> From: "Shellie & Mick" <mcramer@olywa.net>
> Subject: Fw: Old verses young
>
> >Old verses Young
> >by Pumpkin Flower
> >
> >Though currently I'm off the list
> >Was tipped off by a friend
> >Of wonderment about my age
> >So to that, this I'll send.
> >
> >Well I'm younger than ol' George
> >Yet older than young Steve
> >On the exact number....
> >Oh that subject I'll just leave
> >It up to the quizzing Gordan
> >To just wonder and suppose
> >An ol' George is right
> >to guess wrong... ,Oh yes he knows.
> >Just might earn him a bump
> >While we're waiting there in line
> >But a nice young guess would
> >Make me smile, and truely sit just fine
> >
> >It's amusing that we're drifting
> >onto subjects far afield
> >from our pumpkins now its winter
> >and our boredom's here revealed
> >But for most of you from reading
> >all your posts here for some time
> >I have images about you
> >that no age can define :-)
> >
> >I'm afraid I've had to take a break from the list , in order to get
> things
> >done in real life.
> >But I do check the archives and keep up with you all.
> >I' m working on a home page (about pumpkins of course) where I hope
> >to be able to post pumpkin pictures from any one that would like to
> send
> >them,
> >to me. Kind of a pumpkin show and tell. Maybe this can be of help
> durring
> >the growing season when we are having problems that need pin
> pointing.
> >My best to you all,
> >Pumpkin Flower
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:00:24 EST
> From: Pumkinguy@aol.com
> Subject: Re: AG Hybrid!!!!
>
> Steve,
> It sounds like you are well on your way. The idea of inbreeding and
> selecting is to get the 567 straightened out genetically, so every
> time you
> plant the seed, you get the same characteristics. Take some of your
> seeds and
> continue to plant them in an isolated field where they can't cross
> with
> anything else. Or hand pollinate with protected males and females. At
> harvest,
> take only seeds from a pumpkin that displays the traits that you like.
> The
> idea is that if you keep discarding specimens that aren't true to
> type, you
> will end up each year with a higher percentage of good specimens. To
> make up
> some numbers, 1st year 50% good pumpkins. 2nd year 60%, 3rd year 75%,
> 4th 85%
> , 5th year 95%. Now you have an inbred line that you have culled out
> virtually
> all bad specimens. Rather than try to produce two inbred lines, maybe
> you can
> find someone who has a small isolated patch with no winter squash
> around, that
> has been growing the same seed for four or five years and letting it
> cross
> itself. They would be inadvertently producing an inbred line and not
> knowing
> it. If you take a look at his pumpkin and like what you see, plant 10
> of them
> next year to see if his (or her) line is also straightened out
> genetically. If
> the two lines seem to be consistent, you are ready to make the cross
> between
> inbred lines. The seeds that come from the cross, might be hybrids for
> the
> following season. It is often said that you should have dissimilar
> inbred
> lines. I can't tell you if you might want to cross an inbred squash
> line with
> a pumpkin, or a brown seeded with a white seeded, etc., etc. I can get
> you in
> touch with some pumpkin breeding research types, if you want to really
> persue
> this. I would be prepared for a decade worth of work.
> pumkinguy
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> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:02:39 EST
> From: Clem4PCS@aol.com
> Subject: 5 gallon buckets / list members v.s. non-list members
>
> Both my husband and I are fattish and forty-ish, if that helps, no
> warts...
> but the kids will hopefully be doing all the work and so you may count
> our
> three under 8. The competition is fun and I like it too, but would
> like to
> think that our list could work productively as a giant team AGAINST
> all non-
> list pumpkineers, that somebody on our list would have the biggest
> ever in the
> world and that our average would be higher than the non-list pumpkin
> grower's
> average. With all the great shared info and great genetics in all
> these seeds
> that have been shared surely this is a pretty safe bet! I feel like
> people on
> this list are all on my team, and if we grow the biggest all the
> glory would
> certainly be all yours.
>
> I have also been wondering about two growers that mentioned 5 gallon
> buckets, one for watering and one for transplanting. How many gallons
> does
> the one who waters by hand average, I'll bet it is less than 1000 per
> day even
> in August. living in New Mexico with a stingy well, I am planning
> water
> conservation strategies that will get the water to the roots without
> waste.
> And I also wonder how far ahead Nic is able to start his seedlings if
> they
> have such a larger space to grow in??? Is it the standard 10 days or
> more?
> angela c.
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:22:41 -0800
> From: "Mike Stephenson" <beacon@teleport.com>
> Subject: Wisteria work
>
> Faster than a speeding pumpkin vine:
>
> Seems like sometime just yesterday that I planted one wisteria at the
> front
> corner of my house and another in the rear, at the opposite corner. I
> had
> always wanted a house with a couple of wisterias. Today, after closer
> observation, I came to the conclusion that I no longer had a house
> with a
> couple of wisterias, but that a couple of wisterias had my house.
>
> Out with the pruners, nay the loppers, the ladder, now the saw. Sink
> into
> the dirt, ladder tips, nearly a fall through a window, litter
> everywhere......how can this thing grow so much.....I am certain it
> has
> grown even this very day....!
>
> Hours of work, back hurts, arms hurt...gardening has much less appeal
> than
> in did this morning. Finally, all done, house once again owns wisteria
> rather than the reverse, looks great, feeling proud....great
> job....the kind
> of job where you hope for a reward....guess I'd better cook her
> dinner.
>
> Mike
> Beaverton, OR
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