Re: Awesome genetics

I end the plants growth always on August 1st.. 3 months for the plant,, 2
months for the fruit.. (actually three, but July is setting and max plant
growth month, so I only count it for the growth .)

brocfarm wrote:

> This year has been like most things in life a sometimes  bitter, sometimes
> sweet, ....the bitter the uncontrolable weather and the lack of pumpkins
> reaching numbers their goals......the sweet part has been the first year i
> have grown from predominately  my own seed.  It is is extremely fascinating
> to see traits carried on in both plant forms and fruit.  Still i not sure I
> can grasp the awesomeness of how genetics work.  I have four daughters two
> look like me and act like me ..poor children.  And the other two look like
> their  mothers.  The ones that don't pysically look like me seem to have
> inherited my hidden traits........So where am i going with this.......AG's
> of course..........I was wishful that the plants that seem to have taken on
> the papa traits in most aspects ...  are the fruits going to lean more
> towards the female trait??..oh please!...............it is so awesome that
> you get one parent or the other shinning through(to the eye) and also  get
> something that is new a combo look.......Theres something to be learned
> growing from your own seed.............knowing and improving on the
> conditions watching the traits perhaps some climatic
> adaption............its like seeing an old friend
> again.................wishing my pumpkin was 300lbs and whinning if it
> ain't.........wishing for something miraculous........ but stuck facing the
> music in Boonville....MB
>
>  to
> P.S Its getting closer to when to shut down the plant...early or later??
> Have your boundaries been hit?  How does this tie in to the time factor of
> the season?
>
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