Re: Watermellon Shape?,Judy,here's the first message
- Subject: Re: Watermellon Shape?,Judy,here's the first message
- From: K* R*
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:15:56 -0400
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From: Jones, Polly <Polly.Jones@Wichita.BOEING.com>
To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: 29 July, 1999 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: Watermellon Shape?,Judy,here's the first message
Are you sure?? I was sure this was the first.
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>> > > 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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