Re: Looking Back
yep things sure have changed since then.
Glenn
The Eatons wrote:
>
> Mike-great list--the 1-20 "facts"------and we're still learning--AE
>
> *********************
> 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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