RE: Looking Back
Mike-great list--the 1-20 "facts"------and we're still learning--AE
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So what things are different from back then??
I think that the game was different back then. And seeds were not passed
out so freely. Especially to a good competitor. The more seeds you pass out
and get planted the more chances they have at surviving.
Now days there a huge demand on the potentially good seed. Seed is passed
out to masses freely. Growers are poised ready to plant it if it does well.
A good grower has to take the chance and hit in a timely manner.
I was thinking at how many myths there has been since when I started back in
94.
1) the more leaves the bigger the pumpkin.
2) you get a pound per leaf.
3) water the hell out of them
4) need a cool climate
5) big ones only come from Canada
6) pound on the potassium
7) Tan seed is better
8) no white seed is better
9) Orange pumpkins are light
10) white pumpkins are heaviest
11) no salmon color are the heaviest.
12) 1000lbers don't produce good offspring
13) seed under 700lbs is better
14) certain seed does better in certain regions
15) greenies are bad(myth?)
16) flat vine is genetic?
17) Ironite is the secret
18) Have to hit the 10,20,30 bench marks to get a big one.(my myth)
19) selfing is bad
20) 5 lobers are better than 4 lobers
I am sure there are more???
One thing that is different for me since 94 is the list of DO'S has grown
ten fold.......MB
on 3/18/02 4:39 AM, The Eatons at eatrich@magma.ca wrote:
> The WPC list of worldwide top pumpkins to 1990
>
> 1.Ed Gancarz------------816.5----------------New Jersey--------1990
> 2.Robert Gancarz------765.5----------------New Jersey---------1990
> 3.Gordon Thompson--755.0----------------Quebec---------------1989
> 4.Bernard Lavery-------710.0----------------UK----------------------1989
> 5.Ray Waterman-------674.5----------------New York------------1990
> 6.Robert Gancarz------671.0----------------New Jersey---------1986
> 7.Paul Waterman------658.5----------------New York------------1990
> 8.Owen Woodman----650.5----------------Nova Scotia---------1990
> 9.Bill Grant--------------643.0----------------Ontario----------------1990
> 10.Ed Gancarz--------641.0-----------------New Jersey---------1989
>
> Comments
>
> -above from the June 1991 WPC News Journal
>
> -obviously 1990 was a great year with 6 in the top 10.
>
> -of these NJ=4 NY=2 the others are singles
>
> -Thompson and Lavery were the first over 700------Quebec and UK----the 755
> was a new world record.
>
> -Note how the heavy hitters and top growing regions have changed in 11
years
>
> -How many pumpkins from the above list have genes surviving in the
"modern"
> top gene pool??
>
> It's interesting to look in the rear view mirror now and then,just to see
> how far we have traveled.--Al Eaton
>
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