Re: Update from Pennsylvania .........
- Subject: Re: Update from Pennsylvania .........
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:09:10 PDT
concider yourself lucky getting any rain. I have no rain all summer with
temps in the high 90's to low 100's all through july and august
>From: "Glenn Needham" <sven@magma.ca>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: Re: Update from Pennsylvania .........
>Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:34:33 -0400
>
>Rocky - I am not near those kind of numbers either but I do think I have a
>few going good considering the drought we had been having also.
>This had been one of the driest spring -early summers that a lot of the old
>farmers can remember. About 3 light rainfalls of .25 inches or less since
>the snow melted. But then in the last 2 weeks have been getting nice supply
>of rain. Got 1.6 inches Friday night Sat. morning then another .6 last
>night
>and had rained every third day for a week before that. So know I need the
>rubber boots on around the plants now!!
>It's like we are getting the April showers that were non existent in April
>now.
>
>Anways my report from Arnprior, nothing spectacular but some solid pound
>gainers.
>
>June 30 Baird 659 at 174 ott this morning.
>July 7 Kennedy 625 at 136.25 this morning.
>
>And yes Wayne the 625 after a slow start is really coming on lately, more
>than doubled in weight in the last 2 nights - went from 29 to 61 lbs in the
>last 2 days.
>
>And Rocky - A Darkhorse twin - A July 7 Anderson 815 (green as grass) at
>145
>ott this morning.
>So far this squash is the biggest per day of age one I got, there is 2 of
>them both 5 seg blooms both pollinated the same morning, both side by side
>on secondaries - were identical in size every day up till the last few and
>now the one with a couple scars on it is growing quite a bit faster than
>the
>cosmetically perfect one! Oh well - guess it does not matter what they look
>like right?
>Rocky at what point did you cull down to only one last year? You did cull
>down to one right?
>
>
>Glenn
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lyle Rockwell <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 1:38 PM
>Subject: Update from Pennsylvania .........
>
>
> >Pumpkineers,
> > WHile I do not have the numbers Gary Burke and Wayne Kennedy have, I
> >am nearing the 200 inch mark for OTT. In our area, we have been hurt bad
> >by severe hot weather and no rain, so bad in fact, we have a declared
> >drought emergency for 55 counties in the great state of Pennsylvania. In
> >an effort to go along with the local and state officials, I have
> >purchased two rain barrels to attempt to catch the next rainfall, and
> >save on the city water. As for now, check out the update page, which is
> >now located on top of my frames based main page. I did borrow the AG
> >border from one of the lovely Atlantic Giant pages I have visited , but
> >can not recall whose page it was. I have also started a links page, so
> >please if you want your link added to my page, email me personally, and
> >I would love to add your page.
> >
> >--
> >***Rocky Rockwell***
> >
> >http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
> >
> >"Woodchuck - The Other White Meat"
> >
> >
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