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Re: 14 Day Update

In a message dated 97-07-07 03:51:31 EDT, Orion910@aol.com writes:

<< Subj:	A pooped Oregon Update
 Date:	97-07-07 03:51:31 EDT
 From:	Orion910@aol.com
 To:	pumpkins@athenet.net
 
 Greeting all,
 Well the weather is back to summer here and the patch took off.  Over the
4th
 I spent over 30 hours working in the garden most of which was of course done
 in the pumpkins.  I had my first real duel with cuke beetles over the past
 few days and seemed to have come out on top.  I had been distracting the
bugs
 with sugar water on my sunflowers, but now with all the pumpkin blossoms,
 they couldn't resist the patch.  Pumpkin setting is going well, with well
 over 20 pumpkins growing amongst my 4 plants.  I will let every one grow
 until they reach the pinacle 14 day stage and then remove all slow ones, and
 thin from there.  The other veggies are doing great, and it looks like I
will
 be ready for all the major veggie classes come weigh off time.  And now for
 the moment we have all been waiting for (ya right)  the plant rundown.....
 
 Site #1  The transplanted #627.5 Hester.... This baby is going and growing
 very well.  The babies are still too immature to measure with not a one
 pumpkin hitting 14 days old until the 16th.  I did do a little investigating
 as to why the two 627s are doing so well, and found that at each leaf axis
 where normally there is one root on the bottom and one (normally dormant) on
 the top, there is two both on top and on bottom, 4 roots at each junction,
 this has been my only explaination as to their size and growing ability.
 The
 plant is roughly 30 X 30 and eagerly filling its allotted area.  It and the
 other three plants really loved their latest dose of the good stuff.
  
 Site #2  The #827 Holland.....  This plant is acting like a wimp in every
way
 except its fruit.  I have many fruit set on this plant, all are growing
well,
 and there is no foliage to speak of.  The leaves are small in comparison to
 my others, the vines small, but you can't help but notice the pumpkins
 getting bigger.  "Arnold"  The first pumpkin set in the patch, reached 20
 days from a blossom today and is approaching 40" in Circ.  For me, that is
 near personal best, I will tell tomorrow if it does break my PR for 21 days.
 
 Site #3  The Adventures of The #850.5 Larue......  Okay, the plant is kickin
 butt now and the young fruits are very long and a green yellow color, and
has
 they mature are turning yellow/ Orange.  The plant itself is still weird
 though with leaf stalks shooting up some 3-4 feet in the air with some
coming
 up to my armpits, and runners standing up 3 feet tall as they grow.  I can't
 wait until I start getting some early measurements from the baby pumpkins on
 it.
  
 Site #4  The big #627.5 Hester.....  Where to start?  My first pumkin on
this
 plant reached 14 days today.  It is on a dinky secondary off the second main
 vine and measured 27.5 inches in circ.  I pollinized a pumpkin on the second
 main vine 8 days ago, and it is well ahead of that other ones pace, and to
 top it all off, I finally got a baby set on the monster main vine three days
 ago, and that one is nearly as big as the 8 day old.  The plant has filled
 the 40X 30 area completely now with every vine buried to within safe
distance
 from the stems, and I am now moving dirt in from other areas to bury the
rest
 of the vines outside the growing area.
 Some one asked if there were any records out there yet, well if my plant
 stays healthy and the pumpkins don't explode, I am going to make the bold
 statement and say that my personal record of 676 pounds is going down, hard!
  Who knows, I may even give old Kirk Mombert a run this year for Oregons
 best, although rumor has it, he is doing great too.
   Take care all,   Updates will be on pumpkin size from here on, Hope to
hear
 how everyone else is doing?  Al (Eaton) if you read this, how big was your
 941 at 14, 21, and 30 days?  Also, does anyone have growth tables for other
 biggies?
          Brett   The Pumpkinguru  
 
  
  >>
I have only grown up to 641 in the past but here are some sizes at 14 days.

1991 617 @ 14 days 39" (@ 11 days 29.5 @ 12 days 33)
1993 641 @ 14 days 44.75" (@ 11 days 31.5 @ 12 days 35.5)

This year:
AG-717-91-MM @ 11 days 29" (Growing @ 4" a day)
AG-798-95-PNZ @ 12 days 30.5" (Growing @ 3.5' a day)

Please note: weather will effect growth by as much as 3" a day at this stage.

George
N. Tewksbury, MA USA
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