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Oregon Update

Hi all,
     Well it is time once again for a stunning addition to the ever popular
and a bit overrated Oregon Report from the hick town of Canby nestled at the
base of the semi-mighty cascade mountains along the banks of the Molalla
river where our motto is ,"Run on sentences always tend to be a bit hard to
read.".  Canby, where sheep run from the women as well.  
     Anyway, weather here is so so for pumpkins right now.  Highs in the mid
to upper 70's lows in the 50's with well above average humidity.  I don't
remember it being so humid, ever.   Vine burying is becoming a full time job,
but I am smiling all the while. 
     Cucumber beetles have been a nusiance, but only to my giant sunflowers,
amazing what a little sugar water sprayed on the sunflower leaves does to
attract those little @#$!#@ away from the pumpkins.  Seems to be a good
thing, and its keeping the pumpkins healthy.
     The plants......
     Site #1  The transplanted #627.5 Hester  Plant is 17 x 10 feet now with
open males showing up now.  Females have yet to show themselves, but patience
is a virtue.  The 80+ leaves look very healthy and are largest in the patch
on average.  The plant has no signs of trouble and every sign that it will do
well.
     Site #2  The #827 Holland   Plant is 22 x 15 with two fruit set on it.
 The first pumpkin set in the patch was 9 feet out on the main runner.  I
crossed it with 5 males from my big #627.5 and it looks like pollinization
was a success.  Oh, that was on the 18th.  This morning I set #2 on the
opposite side second main vine.  Like the other, it was a five segment bloom
and crossed with males from the big #627.5 and 2 from the smaller 627.5.  The
pollen took well and I have my fingers crossed.
     Site #3  The 'touched' #850.5 LaRue.  It is not polite to call a plant
retarded, but oh well.  It is doing well in its own way.  Every runner is a
double runner, and all are huge.  The don't grow in length very fast, but
they are fat.  Males have started to bloom finally, and since the severing of
the club main vine, the plant has been outrageous.  The leaf stalks are
unusally high some over 4 feet tall and it puts out runners in odd places.
 Basically, for visual effects, the plant looks like a green bell curve in
shape.  It looks healthy however, and continues to show no signs of problems
other than the fact it is retarded.
     Site #4  The big #627.5 Hester   The largest plant in the patch now is
26 X 22 and throwing male blossoms left and right.  A female will open
tomorrow or the next day on the second main vine which I will probably
pollinize if it is five or more segments.  A second female is 14 feet out on
the main vine and will open in about 7 days.  I started counting leaves this
morning, but it got too cornfuseing, so I quit and estimate right around 175
open leaves.  The plant looks absolutely strong and shows no signs of slowing
down.  I just hope it will set fruit and there isn't too much fertilizer.  
    Other stuff....  Tallest corn stalk 4'6", tallest sunflower 7'1", Cabbage
plant 18" in Dia., Kohlrobi don't ask, squash are doing well, and tomatoes
are tennis ball sized and growing.
    Good Luck to all...  Brett The Pumpkinguru
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