Re: Too fast??
- Subject: Re: Too fast??
- From: W* K*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 17:49:23 -0400
Steve those 780 seeds I sent you grow exploding pumpkins......he ! he !
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> From: SteveS012@aol.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Too fast??
> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 4:41 PM
>
> In a message dated 7/10/99 4:03:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> brocfarm@pacific.pacific.net writes:
>
> > It seems that at this early age these babies are a bit fragile. Too
fast
> > of growth is detrimental .....But what determines too fast??.....I my
self
> > like to go by Al Eatons averages...........but was wondering if the
story
> > of the tape and averages would best from all the leading big ones to
> > compare at the highest level of competition............What are the
danger
> > averages or numbers we could use as guidelines for 10 days at 24" cir
for
> > me seems fast......but is that necessarily true?? It appears more top
> > growers play offense instead of defense. At what stage of the fruit
are
> > the internal splits developing?? During Rapid early growth?? Any
thoughts
> > on what to fast??......brock
>
> I always theorized that splits were caused by imbalances, rather than
just
> "growing too fast". Something is out of balance. The inner wall is
growing
> out of balance with the outer wall. It also could be caused by too much
water
> taken up into the fruit too fast, but this also could be because of some
sort
> of imbalance.
> Of course other things like sun, fast rise in heat, (which would cause
water
> to expand fast in the pumpkin) could cause it too. But this might happen
at a
> weak spot which developed early, which might have been caused by, yes, an
> imbalance!
> Water and fertilizer have to be balanced with the outside temperature.
There
> should be some formula worked out.
> Also, someone should compile data from all of these pumpkins that split
the
> same way, and determine what things are similar in all the situations.
This
> would help clue everyone in on the causes.
>
>
>
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