Help! What does this mean?!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Help! What does this mean?!
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:34:19 EDT
I got this email from IMCEAMS-SAUGOV_SAHEALTHME_POSTOFFICE@health.sa.gov.au
(Administrator)
WHAT does it mean?! My message got deleted?! Huh? What? Who?
Subj: Bees trapped in flowers, and soaking seeds?
Date: 98-07-27 21:17:31 EDT
From: IMCEAMS-SAUGOV_SAHEALTHME_POSTOFFICE@health.sa.gov.au (Administrator)
To: SteveS012@aol.com
Message Deleted by Administrator
Well first, when I checked my first pumpkin hill yesterday, it had a
couple
male flowers open. And in them were a few dozen cucumber beetles. Here
we go
again. I cut the flowers off and immediately plunged them in a strong
Sevin
solution. They swam around for 10 minutes and tried crawling out of the
bowl.
THEY WILL NOT DIE!
They are "Super cucumber beetles", a new hybrid beetle bred by all the
gardeners who have used chemicals on them for years. WE ARE ALL SCREWED
NOW!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (AM I over-reacting? Just let me know)!
Anyway, when I plunged the closed flowers in the solution, I heard
buzzing,
like a bee. Of course there was a bee in it, so I tried to let him (her)
out
withough letting the beetles out, and without getting stung. She flew
away.
But the SAME THING happened with the second flower! Has anyone else had
the
weird occurance of bees getting trapped in the flowers when they close
up in
the evening?!
Also, I wanted to mention that I soaked my new 627 Hester seed overnight
Friday night, then put it in a moist paper towel into a baggie until
this
afternoon. The thing is, as of this (Sunday) afternoon it still hasn't
sprouted. I was pretty sure that it should show some signs of sprouting
by
now. Shouldn't it?! When Beth Rado sent me some seeds, she soaked them
oveernight and did the napkin and baggie thing, and when I got them the
next
day, they had nice little roots coming out of them. SO of course I get
all
scared, because the whole deal I went through with the Brock 1006x941
seeds
keeps haunting me. None of them sprouted. And I am REALLY nervous about
the
Hester seed, since now it would be my only real hope of growing anything
really big, since it grows so fast, etc. So if anything happens to THIS
seed,
I am going to need therapy.
So do you think a seed should have spouted by Sunday, if it was soaked
overnight Friday evening, and put in a moist paper towel Saturday? The
other
thing is it got soaked for about 14-16 hours, is that too long?!
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