Re: Patch Update - What is and What Never Should Be
Diana
Good job with 13 pollinations . I got up early yesterday for 2 nice
females opening as the sun came up around 530 or so to find no males at all
. How long is day old male pollen good for? Used what I had and hope for
the best.
Good luck all
Joe H.
2 nd year beginner
zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Doucet" <diana_doucet@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: Patch Update - What is and What Never Should Be
> Call it beginners luck, out of 13 pollination attempts
> on three plants, I had 13 pumpkins set. I got up each
> morning before the bees did and cut freshly opened
> males off the plants and brought them indoors. Then I
> pollinated and hour or two later after the sun was up
> when the air temperature was between 70 and 80.
>
> Two of my plants, a 937 Mombert and an 875 Dill have
> suffered a serious set-back. They have been hit hard
> by Anthracnose, a fungal disease which attacks young
> leaves. Even worse, I stopped all fertilizing for
> over a month, thinking it was over-fertilization
> causing the problem.
>
> I've learned that the use of fungicides is required if
> you use misters to keep the plants cool.
>
> I've culled each plant to one pumpkin now. Here are
> their 20 day benchmarks:
>
> 937 Mombert: Athena 43" circ. 108 OTT
> 875 Dill: Hera 42" circ. 111 OTT
> 947 Patrick: Aphrodite 56" circ. 135 OTT
>
> Aphrodite is the pumpkin to watch. A perfectly shaped
> six lober; so pretty she takes your breath away and
> expanding faster than the universe.
>
> For a complete update with pictures see:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/diana_d/saga5.htm
>
> This page takes a while to load if you don't have DSL
> but it is worth the wait.
>
> Good growing to all pumpkin shepards.
>
> diana
>
> 3rd year grower
> Northern California, zone 9
> best: 587 - 1999
>
>
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