RE: Early trauma
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- Subject: RE: Early trauma
- From: B* V*
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:29:33 -0300
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Connie:
At 05:24 PM 5/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Last year my 920 Cole was broken (4/5's of the way through) by
wind when it was only about a foot and a half long. I put it back
together and held it together with dirt and sticks. It kept on
growing (only slower than the others). I only got one Pumpkin on it
though, all the rest aborted between baseball and basketball size.
The survivor should have aborted too, since it took 2nd place in the
"Ugly Pumpkin Contest."
>
>Connie Giambra
>San Rafael, CA
>2nd yr grower
>
>------Original Message------
>From: "" <rado1000@hotmail.com>
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Sent: April 27, 2000 10:57:36 PM GMT
>Subject: Early trauma
>
>
>First of all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my
"leafless, buried
>vine" inquiry last week. Good thoughts and
observations! I will probably
>try it to some extent this season and will let you all know how
it works.
>
>Now. One of the seeds I've started was sent to me in a
plain envelope. It
>must have gone through some post office machine, because the
seed was
>cracked and in one spot the edge of the seed was completely
broken off. I'm
>pretty sure the seed would dry out and not germinate if I tried
to hold it,
>but I thought it might be okay now since the damage was
recent.
>
>Sure enough, it germinated. So far just the cotyledons are
out. This
>seedling isn't quite as aggressive as the other one I started at
the same
>time AND in the spot where the seed edge was broken, there are
damaged spots
>on each leaf, although overall it looks okay.
>
>I would like you all to wrestle with your intuitions a
bit... Will that
>early trauma to the seed shadow this plant's entire
existence??
>
>I ask this because last year I grew a Wallace 567.4, which early
on had its
>main vine smashed into ribbons by a careless tree cutter.
The plant seemed
>to recover and appeared to be robust and aggressive, but I could
never set a
>proper pumpkin on the darned thing. I can't help but
wonder if the vine
>smashing incident played a part in that.
>
>I KNOW this question is not completely answerable. Even
growing the plant
>out won't answer it, because there are too many other
variables. But I know
>a lot of you will have gut feelings about this. What are
those gut
>feelings? Can you toss this "early trauma"
question around a little bit
>with me?
>
>Thanks!
>Beth
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
Personal Best 862
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