Re: Patch Update: Mimi The Magnificent

You got to check out Vice's website. Fantastic! Great for growers and
everyone.  Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Stokes" <rstokes@wi.rr.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: 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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> >
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