Re: no pumpkin yet

I was suffering tremendous human and AG anxiety and frustration at not being able to pollinate any females as well. It probably was the heat. But this morning bright and squirlly pollinated 5 AG's and one human. Slept for two hours afterward.
 
Feeling releaved in Spencerville.
Bob.
 
We are late but depending on the low temps in Aug and Sept we could still get a good pumpkin in time. My work a few years ago showed the following typical growth rates, along with the length of the season:
 

Table 1

Average Weight Gain/Day Required To

Grow World Class Pumpkins

                                    Predicted in'97             Actual
Days from 10 lbs.     1010 lb. Pumpkin         Burke's 1092 
0 to 5                             2.5  
5 to 10                            10  
10 to 15                         24.2                               16.6 
15 to 20                         26.8                                20.8 
20 to 25                         27.1                                 23.2 
25 to 30                         24.7                                 24.8 
30 to 35                         20.1                                 24 
35 to 40                         16.3                                 19.2            
40 to 45                         12.4                                 15 
45 to 50                         9.7                                   15 
50 to 55                         7.7                                   11.5 
55 to 60                         6.4                                   10.5 
60 to 65                         4.9                                     6 
65 to 70                         3.6                                     5.3 
70 to 75                         2.2                                     5.2 
75 to 80                         1.4                                     5.2 
80 to 85                                                                   3 
85 to 90                                                                  1.4 
09 to 95                                                                  1.8 
 
    Note:  a 10 lb. Pumpkin will have over the top measurements of 70 inches. Also it takes about two weeks after pollination for the pimpkin to reach a weight of 10 pounds.
 
 
So frous late starters we enter the table around August first and hope to put most of our weight on by Sept 15th day 45 and end the season about day 65 which gives us all but 100 pounds out of the pumpkin. So starting late is detrimental.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: P*@aol.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:36 PM
Subject: no pumpkin yet

Hey list. I live in massachusetts. My plants look really good. Green, Healthy, and they look like they are going to have flowers. (someday soon i hope)  Problem............NO PUMPKIN YET!!!! Does anyone live in New England and have the same problem? Is this going to mean no big one this year? what do you guys think.
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