Re: Tale From the Dragon's Keep
Looking good Don! My 771 I have going is also my best plant, but the
Calai 846 and the mystery seed is very close behind it. I have had some
very adversely cold nights, 2 in the last week have produced frost
filled mornings.. Not good for pumpkin growing! I have however gotten
rid of the cloches, and gone to basic wind protection, hoping that it
will help harden the plants off, and give it a boost of a growth spurt.
Mid 70's by day, 45-50 by night doest help the plants vigor, but we
should be alright as long as we get a rain shower of 2 when the warm
weather does arrive.. Only time will tell..
Good luck with the 771, so far I have only had great reports in the
771, Keep it going!
"Donald E. Chambers" wrote:
>
> Vince (Diana),
> I always get a kick out of both your comments about your pumpkins. Keep up
> the good work.
> Update:
> Hill#1: 789 Zunino is king, regardless of our schizophrenic weather. It is
> 2' long, at least 16" leaves, very good color, thick stem, waiting for the
> sun God to shine. Lately the winds of Thor are blowing cold, as are the
> other quarters, and even though the dogs of doom are howling more this plant
> thrives. Whatever doesn't kill them will surely make them stronger.
> Hill#2: The 771 Rockwell reins supreme. Up to 20" leaves, a 3' vine that at
> 2' is growing straight up and slightly to the right. This plant has spunk
> and is saving it's magical power for the days of sun soon to be ahead. No
> artificial heat is added since these plants are now in "the battle of
> Evermore" with the natural forces that exist.
> Don Warwood, WV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Papez" <apapez@home.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Tale From the Dragon's Keep
>
> > Vince,(Diana),
> >
> > You sure have away with words. Should be another entertaining year reading
> > your posts. My 846 is 3 feet out, I started May 5th and has leaves 20
> inches
> > across, my 1056 dueck is 6 feet out with leaves 23 inches across and
> growing
> > 6 inches a day with 1 foot secondaries. Cold wet weather hasn't really
> > affected me my mini greenhouses are heated and have soil heating cables in
> > ground. Should be a interesting year.
> >
> > andrew
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com>
> > To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: Tale From the Dragon's Keep
> >
> >
> > > Sorry Bob but the saga continues and must be told. I
> > > beg a thousand pardons from those unable to
> > > distinguish fact from fantasy but every thing I write
> > > is absolutely true.
> > >
> > > The 846 Calai lurking in my rear patch defys all prior
> > > concepts of organic life on this planet. Vague
> > > feelings of dread creep over me when I go near it. I
> > > think it lets me pass unharmed because it knows I am
> > > it's obedient servant and will feed it. A mole got
> > > too close the other day and didn't leave alive - the
> > > dragon got him... I swear this is true.
> > >
> > > Luckily the rear patch is fenced so the children are
> > > safe.
> > >
> > > vince
> > > best 789, 2000
> > > zone 9, zone of the dragon
> > >
> > > --- Robert Troy <rptroy@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Oh please ........ not again .....................
> > >
> > > > Bob.
> > >
> > > > vince wrote:
> > >
> > > > Pumpkin magic is alive and well in the bipolar,
> > > > powerless wheezing of California. Even with
> > > > cold days alternating with record heat, my plants
> > > are
> > > > exceptional. The main vine of the 789 Zunino
> > > started
> > > > loping down the front patch at the break neck speed
> > > > of 1/4 inch an hour a few days ago and now measures
> > > > almost five feet - A magnificent, absolutely
> > > > mythical plant - suitable perfection for an
> > > > offspring of the goddess Athena. The vine is
> > > > already turning yellow -
> > > > a clear indication that her fruit will be orange.
> > > >
> > > > But real sorcery lurks in the rear patch, the lair
> > > of
> > > > the dragon - the awesome... the extraordinary...
> > > 846
> > > > Calai. This plant is not of this world, and the
> > > world
> > > > has never seen anything like it. Three days from
> > > > germination it had a dragon tap root over 16" long.
> > > > Now, a week younger than the 789 Zunino,
> > > > it has twice the leaf surface area and a vibrant
> > > > energy that makes your skin tingle when you approach
> > > > too close.
> > >
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