Re: How it HURTS
- Subject: Re: How it HURTS
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:26:20 PDT
I am sorry to hear your hard work went down the drain like that, but thanks
for the advice. I personally only have one pumpkin on each of my plants and
maybe this is more evidence that one pumpkin per plant is the better
approach or maybe your idea of cutting off gradually is better, regardless,
sorry to hear about your baby
>From: Mastrpumkn@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: How it HURTS
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:13:31 EDT
>
>List,
> I found my big one blown today. Final measurements 106.5-67-67=240.5.
>Est. weight by Cir.=302lbs at over the top=296.5lbs. Will weigh later
>today.
>Culled a 135lb pumpkin from this plant two days ago. Won't do that again in
>one shot. What did I learn? I think other pumpkins should be culled over a
>few days. Cut the stem a little each day, maybe over a 3 day period. This
>will slowly shift the "juice" to your other pumpkins, hopefully saving you
>a
>blossom end blow out like mine. This pumpkin was pol. on 6-10 and was from
>my
>480 est. ( 935 Lloyd x 600 Jones) plant.
>
> Alan R.
>
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