| The last two
years my biggest pumpkin came from the plant showing the most vigor
from day one. I've heard stories that early vigor is not
predictive, but then I see a plant like Geneva Electric (my 922
Emmons), and I know that no other plant in the patch has a chance to
beat her.
At 3 weeks old,
she is twice as tall and has three times the leaf surface area as her
brethren in the patch. Even the diameter of the stem is more
than the others. She is starting to vine now and crouch down for
the big race across the patch. My patch is gonna be way too
small to be much of a challenge.
Will all this
enthusiasum translate into a bigger pumpkin? We shall
see....
Geneva Electric rules the roost in the Yin and Yang
Patch
I set up a web cam
seven days ago to watch this one grow. It can be found
at:
http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/geneva/gecam.htm
In seven days,
it's gone from a sprout to a significant statement and
completely fills the view area of my web cam. Just flip to the
first picture to see how much it's grown in seven days - very
impressive.
Today I'll have to
increase the view area on the web cam to show the race across the
patch. This cam updates daily at about 8 pm pacific
time.
vince
best 831,
2001
zone 9, the pumpkin
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