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Re: Sad Day!

hey chris,
can i buy some seeds from you from your greer 1006? i have no idea what
size my dill seeds were when i bought them. If anyone gets a real good
size pumpkin, i will buy it. 




Chris Andersen wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Just an update on progress From California:
> 
> Dill 617:
> 
> Start Date May 22-transplant May 28.
> 
> Well I did a really hard thing today, I marched out into my patch with a
> large set of tree prunners in hand and wacked my Dill 617 off at it's
> stump! I have to tell you I almost cried, I stood their and looked at this
> big beautiful plant with a main vine out 18ft. X side vines 15 ft. and
> little baby pumpkins everywhere, then did the dirty deed. I do hope the
> Great Pumpkin God forgives me but this was my backup plant and I waited as
> long as possible!
> 
> I then dragged the whole plant out of the patch to the garbage can. I could
> hear it kicking and screaming behind me as I pulled it from the patch, but
> my Greer 1006 continues to grow like wildfire and has consumed almost 50%
> of my 2,200 sq.ft. growing area.
> 
> The Dill 617 - 827 X 804/875 while not an impressively large plant, was
> very vigorous, fast growing and held up quite well under high heat
> conditions. I would certainly consider planting this seed again as a
> primary plant.
> 
> Greer 1006:
> 
> Start Date May 6 - transplant May 12:
> 
> The Greer 1006 is by far my best plant, this seed was given to me by Granny
> Pat of Rolla B.C. who won the seed from the Ottawa St. Lawrence Raffle. As
> weather conditions in her area delayed planting she asked me if I would
> plant the seed. The seed erupted in 2.5 days and  roared off from there. It
> would seem the 1006 is out to pancake everything in it's path. Like the
> Eveready bunny it just keeps growing and growing and growing. The main vine
> at the stump is now the size of my forearm, and continues to swell. I do
> hope this creature is not all plant and some pumpkin, pumpkin that does not
> have to much plant behind it that they all explode.
> 
> The 1006 did not show fruit until the main vine reached 18ft. and the side
> vines were out 15ft., at the current rate it is growing it will soon
> collide with my 449 at the other end of the patch, 46 ft. away and growing
> towards the Greer.
> 
> While I have not measured the 1006 in a week the plant is approx. 30ft.W X
> 26ft.L. adding to my measurements taken a week ago.  The leaf structure is
> great, tall but very thick stems with large thick sturdy leafs that have
> held up quite well in high winds.
> Only one root off the top vine but these are  impressive roots that travel
> some distance through the sandy loam used to cover the vines.
> I pollinated 1 fruit on the main vine 7/9 @ 18ft., 1 fruit on a side vine
> 7/9 and 2 fruit on side vines 7/10.
> 
> Thanks Granny Pat!
> 
> Marcellus 449:
> 
> Start Date May 6 - transplant May 12
> 
> The 449 has been a miserable plant, at 72F it droops, at 85F leafs # 12 and
> 15 plus back burn. Vine growth seems to be erratic, I have had a number of
> side vines and a secondary main vine break as a result of growing straight
> up off the primary vine. I began applying a foliar spreader sticker, 70%
> yucca which is recommended not only as a sticker but suggests that it may
> be applied by it self for the purpose of stress relief. What a difference,
> the 449 over the last week seems to have snapped out of the doldrums and
> has really started to move. It does not droop as severely and the burning
> of the leafs has subsided. The plant size is 16W X 15L.. I have had no
> fruit to pollinate to date but pumpkins are showing in the tips.
> 
> Cilaberto 697:
> 
> Start Date May 6, transplant date May 22
> 
> The 697, mother to the 1006 was very slow to break ground and even slower
> to start growing. The seed erupted after 10 days in the pot and was a week
> late going in the ground.
> 
> It is a very small plant 12ft.W X 15L, with low to the ground leafs which
> are not particularly large. Vine size of the 697 is no where near that of
> its offspring the 1006. I pollinated my first fruit on this plant July 1
> and it has only grown to the size of a grapefruit, subsequently I have
> pollinated 2 more fruit 7/9 on side vines, one with 6 lobes.
> 
> I am not quite sure what to make of this plant but time will soon tell!
> 
> Eaton 941:
> 
> Unfortunately I am afraid I will lose this plant. It has been a dynamite
> plant with great vigor, good sized vines and huge leafs.  It has sustained
> extensive wind damage to most of the leafs and I broke the main vine7/5
> when I staked the vine to begin to set up a pumpkin for pollination. This
> was my fault as I did not let the main vine grow far enough past the fruit
> before I attempted to stake and bend the vine so as to situate the fruit at
> the outside of the curve. The wind caught the leafs at the end of the main
> vine past where I had staked the main and snapped it off..............
> 
> Aker-Carolina Giant:
> 
> Start Date February 26 - Transplant March 2:
> 
> This is my plant called Hue, the plant I have growing in front of my house
> from seed given to me by Tim Aker
> 
> Despite horrible winds, driving rain, hail, light frost, sprinkler damage,
> squirrels chewing on the vines etc., this plant is extremely vigorous and
> just keeps on trucking. The vines are bright yellow and very thick. The
> blood lines of this plant are unknown but I suspect it must be a cross
> between an AG and Prizewinner. My first pumpkin set is 131.5 lbs over the
> top, according to Duncans Calculator. I am still setting fruit on the plant
> and can no longer open my garage door as the vines have grown across my
> driveway and are blocking the door shut. I am quite happy as I have already
> broken my personal best of 67 lbs. Particularly in that I have only been
> able to bury the first 3 ft. of vine from the stump!  The remainder of the
> plant is growing over my concrete driveway!
> 
> Happy Growing and the Best of Luck to Everybody!
> Chris Andersen
> Moraga, Calif.
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