Re: wilting?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: wilting?
- From: r*@dos.nortel.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 99 15:02:30 EDT
Roger, res@colfax.com, writes:
>Another cause might be that the solar spectrum right now is
>higher in Infra Red than normal. This results in things heating up instead
>of photoreacting. Last year was the same and I had burnt walnut leaves on
>some of the trees. Roger
I put a thermometer on the ground next to my plant last last week. The air
temp was in the low 80s, but the temp right on the ground was about 110 degrees F.
No wonder the plant was wilting!
Whenever I notice wilting, I give it some water, and later in the day
when the sun's not so severe, it springs right back. When I come out
the next morning, the plant is noticibly bigger. So, it doesn't seem
to be doing any harm.
My 2 plant status:
I've now got 8 leaves on my 771 Fortin 98, and it's running along the ground.
The whole thing barely fits into my storm-window A frame cloche now.
The largest two leaves went from 12" diameter on Sunday to 15 1/4 inches 48 hours later.
I've never seen anything like this before (this is my first year with good seed).
This is scary! I now carry a holster with a RoundUp spray gun for protection
when I go out to the garden! :-) If things keep going like this, I'll have to rent a
rototiller to turn over more lawn to keep up with it; I've only got 350 sq ft right now.
This is a very nice looking plant.
The 608 Hester 98, which had a later start with germination, now has 5 leaves,
the largest saucer-sized. It's looking good, too, just behind the 771.
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Rick Inzero, grower of dwarf Atlantic Giants
"Why *ANYBODY* can grow a BIG one!!"
near Rochester, NY
rdi@cci.com
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