RE: chipped cotyledons
That's good to hear...all of it. My 1109 seed was also damaged. One of the
cotyledons did not pull out of the shell (fell off once it finally emerged)
and the other one is sickly looking. I really wanted to grow this one, but
it is not looking good.
I will plant the Wyckoff 747 across from it as a back-up, but it too had a
problem with one of it's cotyledons, but the other one is very healthy. It
appears to be double-vining though...any comments on the pros/cons of double
vining. Anything I should look out for?
I plan on keeping both plants for now, and keep the healthiest one if either
survives. If all else fails, the Hester 850.5 will have that much more room
to grow!
-Gus
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Troy [r*@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:29 AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: chipped cotyledons
Josh,
They usually recover as the rest of the plant grows out. If it does turn out
to have a flat vine, that's not good and it would be best to yank it. I
would start a back up anyway, and choose the healthiest plants.
The 1109 has nice color. You better get that one planted A.S.A.P.
Bob.
List,
This winter I bought six 1109 Skinner, four were badly
cracked/chipped but the other two were nice and plump. I crushed one the
badly damaged ones in disgust (which was very foolish of me) and was
about to do the same to the other three but decided to see if any of they
would germinate. Out of the three broken seeds one germinated and only
had slight damage to the seed leaves. I have been cloning it throughout
the winter and it is almost ready to put out in it's plot.
The other seed I'm growing is the 866 Mombert which I planted in a
6'' paper mache' pot. It sprouted on the fifth day and the seed leaves
looked like something had eaten part of them and little clear balls
(which looked like eggs of small worms) were scattered over the tops of
the seed leaves. I washed the leaves off with a mixture of water and a
little bit of Dawn, then I watched off the soapy water with kelp-water.
The plant seams to be recovering and I've noticed that the stem seams to
be flattened. Is that a bad thing?
I plan to use a 509 Marvin Mitchell as a back up if the 866 doesn't
take. Should I plant it now incase I need it or should I wait?
815 Anderson
509 Mitchell
935 Lloyd
I've included some pictures of the 866 and the 1109. The 1109 is
the one in the up side down laundry detergent bucket.
Grow'em Big,
Josh Jacksonpump
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