Re: Direct Start Update 7/23/98 From New England
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 06:15:54 PDT
Those are exciting numbers George. Ride that Brahma bull!
Joe
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>George Brooks
>N. Tewksbury, MA about 25 miles Northwest of Boston in the Merrimack
Rive=
>r
>Valley.
>
>Planted 4/13/98 in prepared mounds, method used is the Direct Start
Metho=
>d
>combined with the Compost Feeding Method listed on Dan=92s Page with
pict=
>ures.
>
>See these Hyper links for information on the growing method.
>
> <A
HREF=3D"http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/earlpump.html">Direct=
> Start
>Method of Pumpkin Growing by George Brooks</A>
>
> <A
HREF=3D"http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/compart2.html">Compos=
>t
>Feeding Your Pumpkin - by George Brooks</A>=20
>
> <A
HREF=3D"http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/mound/index.html">Co=
>mpost
>Feeding Your Pumpkin Pictures - by George Brooks</A>
>
>After a disastrous weather month in June, July has been almost perfect.
=
>Warm
>to moderately hot, much more sunshine but not much rain.
>
>
>AG-480-97-GB a AG-553-92-GB child crossed with AG-717-91-MM, (Mike
> MacDonald) and AG-798-95-PNZ, (Zehr).
>
>Set 6/23 @12' 4" 106.5 c Growing Blossom End Up, Cartwheel Shape.
Growt=
>h
>rate 3- 3.5" per day..Have set a back up that is 39.5 c right now and
not
>rolling over.
>
>
>Greer 1006
>
>Set 6/24 @16' 6" By far the most promising, 105 c Growing at 3.5 - 4"
per=
> day,
>still very yellow tender skin. Looks like it=92s mother. Has had Dill
R=
>ings
>since a very early stage, seems to be handling them well though. I
notic=
>ed
>it=92s mother had them too. Did it=92s sister 977 have them?
>
>Because both plants are doing very well I believe some of my intensive
so=
>il
>preparation has helped. Hopefully this year I get out of my dry spell
bu=
>t,
>you don=92t know for sure until your on those scales.
>
>George
> =20
>
>
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