Re: Patch Update: Mimi The Magnificent

Vince,

Thanks for sharing the photo's of your patch.  You take the sport of growing
to new highs!

Russ
Burlington, WI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 3:56 PM
Subject: Patch Update: Mimi The Magnificent


> After the endless rains and an overcast windy start - then a
> week long heat wave, Mother Nature smiled on my patch and
> suckled the plants with perfect pumpkin growing weather.
> Gently coddled in the big Mom's arms, against her warm nursing
> breast, they responded by growing quickly into brash teenagers,
> all juiced up with hormones.
>
> We all know what that means.  The patch is now filled with a
> noisy menagerie of demanding infants all competing for more
> attention... The earliest crop I've ever had.
>
> In the Back Patch, there is Mimi the Magnificent (997 Zunino)
> and the Goofy Goliath (981 Zunino).  What can I say about
> Mimi... aggressive, obstinate, gorgeous and wow, wow, wow, wow.
>
> Best plant I've seen - dragon roots, large leaves, heat
> tolerant and did I say aggressive, 17 feet long and 16 feet
> wide on day 40.
>
> The Goofy Goliath (981 Zunino), seems a bit submissive next to
> Mimi.  He grew in his goofy bumbling way - a bit slower, but
> still is no slouch.  The first sidevine was a double that grew
> straight up 3 and a half feet.  He then started throwing
> females on the main every few leaf junctions starting at 9
> feet.  The first one was 31" circ. at 10 days and perfectly
> round - goofy but he likes to throw big....
>
> The Yin and Yang patch, I ceded to my kids this year.  Amanda
> has Artimus, a 670 Daigle, and Olivia is growing Pipi
> Longstockings, a 981 Zunino.
>
> The Daigle was disappointing from the start, small puny leaves,
> small sidevines that grew straight up - then split when they
> dropped and a slow grower. The first pollinated female on the
> main leaned over turned yellow and croaked...
>
> Then something magical happened, the pumpkin gods took pity on
> her, blessed her - and made her immortal I guess. The plant
> just literally blossomed overnight.  Everything that was wrong
> was made right.  A beautiful six lobe female that is the
> perfect embodiment of the greek goddess Artemus opened at 14.5
> feet on the main and already hunts with her nymphs in the
> forest of the canopy.  This is now one to watch for she knows
> more than just the secret of immortal life...
>
> And last there is Olivia's plant, Pipi Longstockings.  Pipi is
> no ordinary girl.  Pipi is cute - pigtails and all.  Large
> leaves, good grower and looong fruit. Pipi may surprise us all
> later on - you never know what she's gonna do.  Olivia doesn't
> give her near enough attention, but Pipi does pretty well all
> on her own....
>
> Check out Mimi and her friends at:  http://mimi.zunino.net
>
> That about sums it up, just wish the weather wasn't so nice in
> Napa too. There's gonna be some big pumpkins in California this
> year.... really, reeeelly big pumpkins...
>
> vince
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