Re: 3 lobes?
on 7/9/03 1:47 PM, thomas at thomas@pldi.net wrote:
> I pollinated a very nice shaped and bigger sized female this morning on a
> Pumpkin Plant. It only had 3 Lobes but they were very big in size also. The
> question I want to ask is, has anyone ever grown a nice sized pumpkin on a 3
> lobber before?
> Thomas Hathorn
> S.W. Oklahoma
>
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As usual the AG is still a puzzle. I pollinated a 4 lober and they were
deformed and far from the normal appearance........
Because it wasn't the perfect situation I culled the fruit and was real
curious to see what a cross cut of the fruit would reveal. You can see the
pattern of the lobes repeated within.........but would the deformed exterior
mean deformed with in the interior... I thought it would---- but it looked
perfectly normal in the cross cut.
Not that it means anything set in stone---for certain-----the fruit growth
is the most important indicator if things are going well could be
3-4-5-6-7-8-lobes fruit response is what were looking for. But what is
interesting for a plant freak is that as the plant ages and the resources
get limited-----the plant starts to reduce the lobes--------- what this
means is anyone's guess--MB
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