Re: Direct Start Update: 6/29/97

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• To: m*@InfoAve.Net
• Subject: Re: Direct Start Update: 6/29/97
• From: G*@aol.com
• Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 07:27:35 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-06-29 22:01:58 EDT, mherndon@InfoAve.Net (Sandi & Mark
Herndon) writes:

<< Subj:	Re: Direct Start Update: 6/29/97
 Date:	97-06-29 22:01:58 EDT
 From:	mherndon@InfoAve.Net (Sandi & Mark Herndon)
 Reply-to:	mherndon@InfoAve.Net
 To:	GBPUMPKIN@aol.com
 
 GBPUMPKIN@aol.com wrote:
 > 
 > Direct Start Update: 6/29/97
 > 
 > Planted Monday evening 4/14/97.
 > 
 > 5 Days with 90 or above already has made pollination a challenge.  We have
 > had more days 90 or above than all last summer, which was cool, already.
 >  Hard to believe after a cold spring.  Very little rain for the past month
 > except for heavy T’stm’s on the 16th & 17th.
 > 
 > Planted in heated Direct Start Mounds, covered at night with a blanket.
 (See
 > article on Dan’s Pumpkin Page for details.)  All mounds have had their
window
 > top removed a window wall erected around them with a partial top.
 > 
 > Mound #1
 > 
 > AG-553-92-GB (8 frozen seeds) Child of Ray Waterman’s 780.5 Parent of my
93
 > 641 and a 93 630 in NH.
 > 
 > Update 6/29/97: Vine length 16’ 10" All female flowers so far have
shriveled
 > up before maturing, I’ll give it till 7/19/97 to produce or it comes out.
 > 
 > Mound #2
 > 
 > Primary: AG-717-91-MM (2 Frozen Seeds) Mike MacDonald parent of many 700+.
 > 
 > Update 6/29/97: Vine length 19’ 10" .
 > 1st Bloom 6/17 @ 6’ failed temp 53/81
 > 2nd  Bloom 6/22 @ 8’ 2" failed temp 69/91
 > 3rd Bloom 6/23 @ 9’ 4" set temp 56/82
 > 4th Bloom 6/26 @ 13’ 9" set temp 69/86
 > 5th Bloom 6/29 @ 16’ 1" ? temp 55/90
 > 
 > Mound #3
 > 
 > Primary: AG-798-95-PNZ (2 Seeds) Zehr related to their World Record
 > 
 > Update 6/29/97: Vine length 23’ 7" .
 > 1st Bloom 6/23 @ 8’ 11" set temp 56/82
 > 2nd  Bloom 6/25 @ 14’ 7" set temp 55/88
 > 3rd Bloom 6/29 @ 18’ 1" ? temp 55/90
 > 
 > George Brooks
 > N. Tewksbury, MA USA
 > 
 > Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston in the Merrimack River Valley.
 
 George,
 
    How long does it take to know if the pumpkin is set or not?  I have
 pollinated at 6' on one and 8' on another plant.  
 
 Mark Herndon
 Allardt, TN
  >>
If they show good growth hey have set but will sometimes abort up to 32" in
circumference, don't make your selection until they reach 40".  

George

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