Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

Sorry.  Just read my post and I think it was harsher than I meant.  I don't want to start a City vs Country dweller issue.  As an animal lover the situation frustrates me.  Just was trying to ask that folks not just shift their animal problem to a "neighbor."  Again, sorry for my harshness.




________________________________
From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 8:51:05 AM
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

I refrained to go into what happens with stray dogs and cats around here. I
have nothing personal against "city folk" per say. They are just in too much
of a hurry. We are simply trying to carve out a living and make a profit.
Cattle prices are in the dumper, fertilizer costs are way up. Energy prices
have direct effects on our business. Then you have the weather, insects, the
US Government and taxes. Point is, I'll be damned if I am going to let a
stray run my calves into the barbed wire or let a coon lodge my corn. 
Thank the Lord I am not depending on my AGs for a profit because the last
few years I suck at it.

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Diane Goodwin
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:25 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

As another country dweller, I'm tired of "city" folks dumping their problems
in our neighborhoods.  Every spring our roads are over run with dogs (many
hit by cars) because of city folks driving to the country and dumping their
problem in our back yards.  Please deal with your problem yourself and not
just dump it in someone else's lap.




________________________________
From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 6:57:23 AM
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

That is what the live traps are called "Have a Heart". We live on a farm so
the attitudes toward animals and wildlife differ from those in the suburbs
and city. Truth is raccoons and possums are overpopulated due to the fact
that the fur industry is dead. They spread disease, decimate pheasant, quail
and duck nests. They get into my hens, garden and are generally a pain in
the %$@$. If you were talking about the Last Buffalo I'd see your point. I
don't trap anymore unless I have an issue with a problem animal. Next time I
do, I will call you and you can come pick them up and transport them to
another farm 10 miles away. At that point, the farmer there will promptly
shoot the thing for us.

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
mastrpumkn@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:27 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

Come on guys. Have a heart and let them go. You take them far enough away,
they won't be back. They're just trying to live, too. Thanks.

???? Alan R.


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, Jul 26, 2009 5:44 pm
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70



"No Sir, I can't poach an egg let alone a coon."
Tim Haberman (My Little Brother) June 26, 2006

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Steve Minor
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:23 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

Both Steves:  You're both right on all counts.  There are also laws
regarding the proper disposal of animal carcasses after the old badda-bing.
Hints for the lawless:  use sub-sonic .22 cartridges; carcasses decompose
under a large pile of compost in 2 months.  Steve Minor.

--- On Sun, 7/26/09, Stephen Jepsen <ctpumpkin@optonline.net> wrote:

From: Stephen Jepsen <ctpumpkin@optonline.net>
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 12:43 PM

Catch & release is often illegal but if you do, make sure raccoons are 10
miles or more from home or they'll return.

Our local "legal" animal trapper charges just as much to collect an animal
as he does to trap the beasts. Good work if you can get it.

Stephen Jepsen
CT GS&PGA Director Emeritus
GPC Executive Committee




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Steve Haberman
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 10:20 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

A can of tuna is a sure thing for coons and possum in a live trap. After
they are caught, let the air out of them with a 22. If you let them go, they
will return.

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Steve Minor
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:01 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70

Rich, all I can say about raccoons and possums here in South Hero, Vermont
is:  I hate them. I've found the best method of control is to bait a large
live trap with sunflower seeds, apples or whatever and then dispose of them
after they're caught.  Traps cost around $75 and last forever.  I don't know

anything about treating teeth marks.  Steve.

--- On Sun, 7/26/09, Richard Briggs <briggsrichard@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Richard Briggs <briggsrichard@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70
To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 5:37 AM

Hi Folks,

Starting to get some good growth. I have some beach ball size ones too. I
think I have a couple of Raccoon/ oppossum teeth marks in one. Seems like I
should wax it up? Any good hints for keeping out scavenging animals??
I'm just getting past some SVB damage although 3-4 vines look like they are
going to die-> yellow. I might have to spray again for good measure.
What's the picnic in RI???
Rich Briggs in St. Louis





> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:01:02 -0400
> From: pumpkins-owner@hort.net
> To: pumpkins-digest@hort.net
> Subject: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70
>
>
> pumpkins DIGEST         Sunday, July 26 2009         Volume 01 : Number
070
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
>         Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
>         Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
>         Spot on Top of Pumpkin
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:54:30 -0400
> From: mastrpumkn@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
>
> Brian
> ????? Growing in FL this year. Just harvested the seeds from the last 
> one
here. Did not weigh any of them. Started to late, then 30" of rain in 3
days.
Had some nice ones, just didn't get the growth. Maybe 500-600lb. Hope to be
in RI for the Picnic. Are you growing?
>
> ???? Alan
>
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Fawcett Brian <scpumpkinman@yahoo.com>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 11:15 pm
> Subject: Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
>
>
>
> Steve,
>
> Yeah, my first 2 guesses would be the same as Alan's...I hope it is 
> not the 1st.  If however you have experienced some hot whether 
> recently, it could
also
> be a "burn".  A burn can result on a hot day if you have a place on 
> the
very
> top of the pumpkin that can collect a small amount of water.  T
he sun 
> will bake the standing water and could burn the skin before 
> evaporating.  Also,
if
> you have a tarp that may be hanging too low, any type of moisture, 
> usually morning dew, can create a temporary adhesion of the tarp to 
> the skin of the pumpkin and when the sun beats down onto the tarp, it 
> can burn the pumpkin skin at the contact point.  Of course these burns 
> may be more of a southern occurrence as it does seem to get a little 
> warm
down here.  I'm hoping for
> anything but number 1 ;)   BF
>
> PS.  Alan if you read this, are you growing in CT or FL or both this year?
>
>
> - --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:02 PM Just noticed a brownish gray 
> > area on top of my beach-ball sized pumpkin, about
> > 1x3 inches.  It isn't soft, but is slightly sunken.  Any ideas on 
> > what it could be?  Thanks.  Steve.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > - Pumpkin-growing archives: http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:26:23 -0700
> From: Jason Thomas <j.endlesstrail@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
>
> I wouldn't keep the one with growing blossom up unless you reposition 
> it. Can you reposition it by cutting any roots off vine within 1-2 
> feet either side of fruit? Once roots are gone you can place something 
> like styrofoam under vine either side of stalk so that blossom-stalk 
> axis is parallel to ground.
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Jim<Jimfire@jps.net> wrote:
> >  I'm at the point where I need to pick one fruit and go with it.
> >
> > One of mine is growing almost upside down, with the blossom on the 
> > very
top
> > of the fruit and the vine very low.  Another is more conventional 
> > with
the
> > vine lifted a little with the blossom at the 6 o'clock position, 
> > near
what
> I
> > call the equator.
> >
> > Does anyone h
ave any feelings about best pumpkin position, with all 
> > other things being equal?
> >
> > I obvoiusly don't want to squish the vine, but the way the upside 
> > down pumpkin is growing, the vine will be clear and should still 
> > stay fairly
> low.
> >
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> >
> > Jim
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:33:28 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
>
> Just got a reply from a fellow grower here in Vermont with many years 
> of experience.  Based on examination of a photo I sent him, the 
> verdict on my spot is a scar.  I didn't notice it when the AG was 
> small, but now that
it's
> ballooning, the blemish is very noticeable.  WHEW!!!  Maybe I can 
> breath
now
a
> little bit, eh?
> End of pumpkins DIGEST V1 #70
> *****************************

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