Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
- Subject: Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
- From: F* B* <s*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:20:50 -0700 (PDT)
Alan,
500-600 is not too bad for the Florida area. I recently sold my farm in which
I conducted all my "mad crosses". I hope to have my new location up and
running next year. This year I'm just advancing a couple "lines" I've been
working on for a few years. Will probably also be around the 500lb range.
I'm growing them in the dog's pen...we have an agreement ;) Good to hear from
you, BF
--- On Sat, 7/25/09, mastrpumkn@aol.com <mastrpumkn@aol.com> wrote:
> From: mastrpumkn@aol.com <mastrpumkn@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: Spot on Top of Pumpkin
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 3:54 AM
> 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. The 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.
> >
> >
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