Re: One Dumb Move
- Subject: Re: One Dumb Move
- From: K* &* C* M*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:39:14 -0700
George
Sorry to hear of the trouble. Lucky it was only a secondary and should
repair itself. I have a 968 also. Slow but coming on. 200 ft. Sq., one
green pumpkin to pollinate in a few days. Long , looks like a
watermellon.Is your plant slow not to fertile in the Male and female
bloom department. Glad the weather is nice there. Turn the oven on and
jump in. 100's daily here.
Ken
Turkeyman
Elk Grove, Calif
On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:02:51 -0500 George Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
writes:
>Early this afternoon, I just completed the tilling of the garden
>(other
>veggies) and just completed my last pass around the pumpkins. I
>looked
>down and thought I saw some movement as it looked like I might have
>run
>over a small toad. I turned the tiller around, took it out gear, and
>started to look for the toad. The next thing I realized is that the
>tiller was not next to me any more. I looked up and saw it go through
>my
>968 Sproule 98 and it continued toward another pumpkin. I moved quite
>quickly and stopped it before it did any more damage.
>
>The tiller went about 18 inches from the stump of the 968 Sproule and
>cut right through my secondary main. I had just pollinated a pumpkin
>on
>July 8 on that secondary main vine. I cut the vine off the stump and
>applied Captan. Water was dripping out of the spot where I removed
>the
>vine. If one ever wanted to see what a wet wash rag on a stick looked
>like, this was a good opportunity. All the leaves were drooping.
>
>The "Pumpkin God" might have caused this as I had been thinking of
>cutting off the secondary vine anyway. It was tearing away from the
>stump and causing all sorts of problems this past week. Early on, a
>small vine had been blown off at this point and caused a split.
>Thought
>I had the problem licked until this area received a lot rain and
>humidity. Anyway, maybe this is a blessing in disguise and the
>"Pumpkin
>God" was telling me to remove the vine or lose the entire plant. We
>will
>see what it looks like tomorrow. None of the main vine was hit and I
>had
>pollinated a pumpkin on it this morning.
>
>After all this, I took the tiller back to the truck and put it into
>slow
>speed as I drove up the ramp into the back of the truck. I tried to
>put
>it out of gear, but it wouldn't go and I rammed into the back of the
>truck. Fortunately, I was able to stop it before it could cause any
>more
>damage.
>
>At this point, I decided to quit and come back on Sunday when I was in
>a
>better mood. It was a beautiful day in southeastern Minnesota -- blue
>skies, not much wind, low humidity, and temperatures in the 70s. All
>I
>can say is to make doubly sure your tiller is out of gear before you
>take your eyes off it in the pumpkin patch.
>
>George Heyne
>Rochester, Mn.
>
>
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