Re: orange vines ?


Good advice, thanks
Bob Attaway

The Pumpkin Master wrote:

> I grew some weltys also.  They are gorgeous plants with huge leaves.  I just
> had the problem of he main vine snapping.  It grew up and then broke.  Watch
> out though. Nic had many problems with his pumpkins when they got to 600 or
> so.  They all rotted, cracked.  Maybe that was just his bad luck.  I hope it
> will not be yours
>
> >From: Bob and Alice Attaway <attaboy@mail.atl.bellsouth.net>
> >Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> >To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> >Subject: Re: orange vines ?
> >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:37:25 -0400
> >
> >Doc;
> >I am growing the welty 638 and 739, they are both doing great so far.
> >Bob Attaway
> >
> >"Harold Eddleman Ph.D." wrote:
> >
> > > pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HI ,
> > > >    Has anyone else had there main vines turn orange ?
> > >
> > > Lots of my Welty vines are a beautiful yellow same color as fruit on
> > > female flowers. Are your vines really Orange?  If so that might be a new
> > > genetic allele??
> > >   I have lost all my crosses due to hot weather and thirsty vines--no
> > > water. At sunset I made a cross between red Vif and Swalley 250 (AG) and
> > > both flowers were better quality than usuall. It is 85 F at night here
> > > but 95-98 in afternoon. After 20 minutes in from of a fan the antherium
> > > and opened 80 to 90% so pollen was easy to rub onto the female.
> > > --
> > > Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist.      i*@disknet.com
> > > Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
> > >
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