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Re: pumpkin report from the sweltering desert

     
     
     bilal,
     
     send some of that heat up here to minnesota!!
     
     jim
     lakeland, minnesota.


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Subject: pumpkin report from the sweltering desert
Author:  Farooq@abacusnet.net at Internet-Mail
Date:    7/7/97 3:16 PM


This is Bilal,the 14-year old, giving an update on my pumpkins, here in 
Phoenix, arizona.
MY dill seeds never sprouted when i planted them in late may. it was 
already surging past the 100 degree mark. i then tried growing them 
indoors in peat pots. they grew fine indoors, but when i put it in the 
ground, it died a few hours later. in AZ, the earliest planting time for 
pumpkins is Early February. that was when i planted my Burpee 
Prizewinner Hybrid. actually, i planted them in late April. on one of 
them, i am SO HAPPY, because it is so big. i am a first time grower of 
any kind of pumpkins, so anything over 10 pounds excites me. it is 58" 
in circumference and weighs about 53 pounds. i put no shade over the 
plants, and water them twice a day. i give it miracle gro once or twice 
a month. thankfully, the dry heat will go away for a few weeks. the 
monsoon season officially started today. we will probably get high 
humidity and hurricane force winds, lots of dust storms, lighting, and 
some rain. our first storm will probably come next week or the week 
after that.
     
 Bilal Chaudhry
 Peoria, Arizona
 Farooq@abacusnet.net or 
 terminator@abacusnet.net
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