ultimate newbie looking for moral support
- Subject: ultimate newbie looking for moral support
- From: J* S* F*
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:16:21 -0400
Yea Hughes!
You sound like a wealth of knowledge on what NOT to do, and you are still
enjoying success. This is my FIRST year, my FIRST post, my FIRST garden, my
FIRST house, and my FIRST batch of pumpkins. I went with off the shelf Big
Max's after my AGs didn't take in May. (Didn't know you had to soak them....
THAT is how NEW I am) (sheesh) I have lots of flowers but no fruit. How can I
get some fruit started? How do I pollinate? I live in Hamilton and would like
to meet other growers within an hour to see how it's done. I won't be
competing, but I will be in Port Elgin this fall. Is there anyone around
Hamilton I could meet in the meantime? Could you offer advice on pollination?
Could I ask any more questions?
I thank everyone for their patience.
John S. Ford
Wayne Kennedy wrote:
> If you manage a pumpkin for the weigh-off at either the Orono Fair or Co-Op
> contest in September....I will bring my tarp over and give you a hand to
> load it.............Wayne
>
> ----------
> > From: Hughes-Banderob <hughes.banderob@sympatico.ca>
> > To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> > Subject: I'm in the game!
> > Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 9:16 AM
> >
> > For once I'm not here asking for advice or presenting a silly newbie
> > question. I'm here to state that I'm finally in the game!
> >
> > Despite my naivete to AG's (and gardening for that matter)...
> >
> > despite killing off my first set of plants by burning them under a
> > homemade cloche...
> >
> > despite planting my second set of plants too late...
> >
> > despite cramming three plants (grown from off-the-shelf seed) into an
> > area which could not even properly hold three tomato plants...
> >
> > despite over-watering my plants to the point where mushrooms were
> > growing around the roots...
> >
> > despite fertilizing my plants using a broken watering can because my
> > hose and spayer won't reach...
> >
> > despite using no insecticide and only squishing cucumber beetles using
> > my fingers (and allowing a toad to reside in the patch)...
> >
> > despite having fruit after fruit abort...
> >
> > despite all these set backs, I have finally met some success. I have a
> > 10 day old fruit which is long and watermelon shaped with a
> > circumference of 30" and I have a perfectly round fruit which at 9 days
> > has a circumference of 20".
> >
> > I may not set any records but I'm finally in the game! Thanks for
> > everyone's help. Now, where can I rent a forklift? hmmmm...
> >
> >
> > Randy Banderob
> > Millbrook, Ontario
> >
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