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Re: please make it go away....

Orion910@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Sometimes mother nature is such a canine of the feminine variety.  Our high
> temps the past few days have struggled to get out of the 60's and most of the
> Washington growers are stuck in the 50's.  Jack LaRue reported lows in the
> 30's at his place in Tenino.  I am definately going to have to call Mrs.
> Nature and order a few 80 and sunny days to make this rain go away.
> In talking to some of the growers both on the net and on the phone, I have
> discovered a fairly common problem with a few plants this year.  Vines seem
> to be having a characteristic of growing straight up, and when they do lay
> down they crack, twist, or break off all together.  I have a couple theories
> on this and would like some input if anyone has any to give.  One is that
> temps this year have been down which is causing the runners to be more
> ridged, thus not laying down.  Kinda like a wet noodle Vs. dry noodle theory.
>  I know the wet/ dry noodle theory applies to many things (some dirty, some
> not), but it seems logical.  The terminology probably would not be used be
> scientists in a professional setting (unless the scientist is Freud), but hey
> this is pumpkin growing.
> My second theory proposed originally by Jack LaRue is that offspring produced
> from the #567.5 Mombert plants grown in 1995 have this trait.  For his and my
> plants which are doing this, the 567 theory holds, but who knows what is out
> there.
> Be it wet noodle or 567, it sure is a pain.  Ever try to mound soil over a
> runner which is 4 feet in the air?  Not fun, looks like I have giant moles in
> my patch.  Giant moles, Hmmmmm, thats another story, should have seen it
> though, 8 feet tall at the shoulders.
>         Take care all,  Brett  The Pumpkinguru


I have a plant, a descendant of the 567, that has done exactly the same
thing. The main vine was the first to go. The plant has since put out
several other vines and a couple of them broke off as well. The temps
here in Georgia in May/June were well below average with a whole lot of
cloud cover.
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