Re: What is going on !!
That's why sometimes knowing less is better. YOu
don't do as much and end doing more damage than good.
lol
--- LKNIKKI1@aol.com wrote:
>
> List
> As Jerry Seinfeld would say "What is the Deal with
> that"
> OK I am learning allot this year and having a great
> time with all the
> problems I am having yes truly I am. It serves me
> right to lay down the best
> laid plan and have everything go wrong like clock
> work. From seeds not
> germinating to irrigation not covering due to loss
> of pressure and not enough
> volume, to the best plant growing in the lawn next
> to a hedge with no water
> no fert no attention at all !!! Now this, the 986
> Hester has yellow runners
> !! I am planning on making some extra cash when the
> dooms day comet hits the
> patch. I will charge 50 cents to see it.
> Well I have learned not to use old pesticides,
> not to folier feed with too
> much kelp concentrate, not to germinate only two
> seeds at a time, not to be
> greedy with seeds, not to bubble your seeds too
> long, not to direct start
> your seeds, not to sand your seeds too much, not to
> roto till every week, not
> to bury the vines too early, not to add too much
> organic matter to the
> mounds, not to add so much leaves to the patch that
> you cant find dirt, not
> to just add anything to the patch just because it is
> organic, not to use all
> the house hold budget for water on the patch and let
> the rest of the yard
> die, not to turn off the water when my wife brushes
> her teeth to conserve
> water, not to go to the laundry mat to save water,
> not to only shower at work
> to save water, not to get irritated when it won't
> rain in sunny southern CA,
> not to get my boss to grow pumpkins because he is
> doing better than me, not
> to say soil tests are for other guys, not to use
> pieces of your neighbors
> house for wind screens, not to drop wind screens on
> the plants, not to just
> say cloches are for other climates my plants are
> tough, not to put up the
> late season sun tarping too early. Not to dig holes
> in the garden to see how
> far the roots actually are growing. not to add too
> little fertilizer then
> feel guilty and overdose them. not to make all my
> friends talk about pumpkins
> every moment I am with them "they really don't
> care", Not to train my wife to
> grow pumpkins "she really doesn't care", not to
> MOST IMPORTANT Don't listen to myself as I
> apperar to have no idea what
> I am doing..and not to take life so seriously !!!!
> Well with all this said I just might be the
> guy who pops the biggest
> one this year maybe the combination of ingredients
> that it takes to grow the
> bigest isn't in the soil but in the trials and
> tribulations that it takes
> just to see the plants grow in the first place....
> Well to all, may you have
> no problems like mine and just have smooth sailing
> to the 1000 LB mark.. Good
> luck and I sure hope you all have read this in the
> friendly and light hearted
> mood I wrote it in
>
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