Re: ultimate newbie looking for moral support
- Subject: Re: ultimate newbie looking for moral support
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:34:34 PDT
Hi John. Guess what? You don't have to soak them in water or file
them. Granted, it does increase your odds greatly for germination but I
just put them in peat pots, kept them warm with a 60 watt bulb and added a
bit of water each day. I got germination. Granted I didn't get many but I
got some. Next year I will definatly go with filing the sides though and
then putting them in my peat pots. I have this weird theory that a seed
that can germite without major surgery and care will be stronger than the
babied seeds. Kind of like survival of the fittest. Now that is just my
theory, don't quote me on it or sue me later if it screws you
Now I am in California and I grew big maxes earlier this year. I had
to cut my fruit off a little early for space for my growing AG's but I got
a 47 llb fruit. Tell me if you beat it.
In answer to your question of polinating, you first need cool
temperatures. If you already have them, like under 85, you are fine. If
not, you need to find a way to cool off the area around the fruit when you
polinate. And to polinate, just simply take off the male flower, peel back
the pedals, and use the stamen (I think that is what it is called) as a
cotton swab. YOu know that yellow part with the pollen. Rub that on your
female flower, the flower with the pumpkin underneath it. The more male
flowers you use the better you chance of polination.
Also, feel free to ask any more questions. That is the only way to
learn. Best wishes
Greg
>From: "John S. Ford" <jford@eyesurf.net>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com, hughes.banderob@sympatico.ca
>Subject: ultimate newbie looking for moral support
>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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