Direct Start Update 6/2/98
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- Subject: Direct Start Update 6/2/98
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:29:48 EDT
George Brooks
N. Tewksbury, MA about 25 miles Northwest of Boston in the Merrimack River
Valley.
Planted 4/13/98 in prepared mounds, method used is the Direct Start Method
combined with the Compost Feeding Method listed on Dan’s Page with pictures.
See these Hyper links for information on the growing method.
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/earlpump.html">Direct Start
Method of Pumpkin Growing by George Brooks</A>
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/compart2.html">Compost
Feeding Your Pumpkin - by George Brooks</A>
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/mound/index.html">Compost
Feeding Your Pumpkin Pictures - by George Brooks</A>
As I reported earlier the plants survived 5 severe T'sm's and one with hail up
to nickel size. Hail put 0 - 3 hits per leaf with no leaves knocked down or
stem damage.
AG-480-97-GB a AG-553-92-GB child crossed with AG-717-91-MM, (Mike
MacDonald) and AG-798-95-PNZ, (Zehr).
Vine Length 8' 0" (Bright Yellow), Largest Leaf 18". Vine growing on an
average of 4 5/8" per day. First female flower starting to form @ 6' 8".
Leaves have a lot of that genetic yellow spots.
Greer 1006
Vine Length 9' 8" (Dark Green), Largest Leaf 20". Vine growing on an average
of 6 1/2" per day. First female flower starting to form @ 8' 2". First Male
flower opened today. A perfect looking plant.
Both plants are running 10-14 days ahead of last year. Average High
Temperature during the past eight days was 80.
George
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