Fw: Fw: Are we growing trees?
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Fw: Fw: Are we growing trees?
- From: "* <r*@kersur.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:06:52 -0700
>we may be on to something with that squash theory, we did find one female
>blossom, which Hubby promptly pollinated, and the next day, I notice a
>distinctly green cast to the new baby.
>This evening after work, I went down to the patch and got a really good
look
>at this vine. It's Bizarre. First off, Hubby was mistaken, it's a secondary
>that's Heaven bound(it is one hunky secondary though) not the primary vine.
>Second, many, many secondary vines and a leaf count that's not to be
>believed. Third, I underestimated the size if the primary vine, it's an
easy
>6" across. Fourth, the vine developed a running split, a male blossom has
>emerged from the split, after the split, the vine has done a Siamese twins
>act, and the end of the vine is beginning to look like a massive knot. Very
>interesting, but also the strangest looking thing I've ever seen. Inside
>that knot are so many immature blossoms, I would not even try to count.
>We're really bad about remembering to get pictures of things, but I want to
>get a record of this thing. I wonder if it will abort? It does not look
like
>anything I've seen before.
>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I spoke to a veteran grower in your area recently and this subject came up
>as
>>we were discussing hybrid vigor and crossing AGs back to squash. He was
>>telling of the seeds he planted with heavy squash lineage, and he had a
>>terrible time keeping them on the ground.
>>
>>If your plants have full sun, could the lineage be the culprit?
>>
>>Just a thought....
>>
>>Barb
>>Orlando, FL
>>
>
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