Re: Too fast...Excessive growth
- Subject: Re: Too fast...Excessive growth
- From: b*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:57:20 -0800
>I've been following the concerns of excessive early growth and the
>possibility of blow-outs over the past day.
>If the pumpkin is prone to splitting I personally would rather have it
>happen while I have a few others on the vine. This early in the season
>it may set you back a few days but it's not the end of growing a
>competitive pumpkin. On my plants I've been looking for the pumpkins
>with the vigorous growth. The #1 plant is a 780 Eaton'98 which covers
>about 900sq foot as of today. It has 2 extremely vigorous pumpkins.
>The first one is on the secondary vine and was pollinated 5/25. That
>makes it 15 days today. This evening it measured 51 3/4" circ. It had
>a growth of 7" on day 11.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Alan H...........not sure which is the typo ....pollinated 5/25 or the 15
days old.....or I am all mixed up..........lets go with the 15 days
old........ damn thats incredible............52 inches..............This
one is a prime example for us all to learn...........this could be a killer
pumpkin....or a statistic..............900 sq ft plant hell this could be
awesome!! What an incredible start!!! I like what you said that this is
the time to tune things to the edge ............keep us post....damn just
shaking my head.......brock
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