Re: crinkly stems / chemicals
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- Subject: Re: crinkly stems / chemicals
- From: "* M* <z*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:15:01 PDT
Beth,
I do remember seeing a gentleman in one of Wiberg's newsletters who grew
organically a 300+ pumpkin.
I too have seen a stem like that, just today. An odd ball compared to
the rest. Kinda like me.
ZOO
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>I've just noticed something weird on my backup plant. On a couple of
>the biggest leaves, the stems are very crinkled looking... almost like
>an accordion fold.... though the tissue seems to have integrity - it's
>firm, the color is good, and all that - and I don't think it's been
>traumatized at all. Is this just a genetic variation of this plant, or
>do you all think this is the beginning of some sort of problem?
>
>What an effect this pumpkin growing has on us... although I've been
>growing things all my life, I have never given two plants this level of
>scrutiny before. Every morning, every evening, I am inspecting every
>little detail. Oh! The hairs on this stem are a little longer than
>those over there, what could this mean?? And, I'm not happy to say I
>have been killing things and using scary chemicals. My yard used to be
>a haven for pretty much any living thing. Not so any more. I've
>drenched the ants with diazinon because I don't want their strawberry
>root aphids. I've seen spiders bailing out and (good!) worms dying
ugly
>deaths. I don't even want to think about what happens to the birds who
>eat the writhing worms.
>
>I better grow a terrific pumpkin this year - I'm not sure I can keep
>going down this particular path. I don't think I would mind
selectively
>killing the pumpkin threats. I can smoosh a cucumber beetle under a
>rock. But these chemicals have so many repercussions - and I probably
>don't even know the half of it.
>
>Is there anyone out there successfully growing large pumpkins without
>using these scorch-the-earth chemicals??
>
>Beth
>
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