Re: Buttercup Says Goodbye
Sorry to hear about Buttercup... must have been really hard to do!
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From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Buttercup Says Goodbye
> I cut Buttercup from the vine yesterday. Hard to do - but she
> would have split within a week. I did it for her own good.
> Her blossom end was so thin I could flex it by pushing lightly
> with my thumb.
>
> Final measurement: 82" circ at 20 days from pollination.
> Estimated weight 176 pounds. You can wave goodbye at:
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/butter/buttercam.htm
>
> My fastest start ever....... I just went with the wrong fruit
> on the vine. I saw when the fruit was young it had badly
> asymmetrical rib lines so I shoulda culled it right away. But,
> it was in a perfect position on the main vine and was growing
> fast so I didn't do it earlier..... In my enthusiasm, I also
> wacked most of the perfectly fine fruit off the side vines.
>
> Live and learn...
>
> I'm now going with a fruit on a side vine that is 20" circ at
> ten days. Her name... Butterball Too.
>
> vince
>
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