Re: SE Minnesota Update
George, good to hear your up and running. Sounds like you made a good choice
by reducing your plants. To much work makes Jack a dull boy. This spring is
starting like last years. Early May was great, then June and the cold/cloudy
weather came and plant growth was minimal up here in northern MN. I hope we
are not in for a repeat performance of it again this year. I notice your
germination times are quite impressive. I'll have to have you describe your
method of doing it someday. Best of luck this year. Happy Growing!
Pumpkinpiper
>From: George Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkin <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: SE Minnesota Update
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 21:18:40 -0500
>
>My SE Minnesota Update is somewhat later in the pumpkin season than
>fellow pumpkin grower Dave Bhaskaran. Dave likes to plant his pumpkins
>before the snow melts by using heating cables and special protective
>covering to keep his pumpkins from freezing. :)
>
>I started the germination process the evening of April 30, and most of
>the pumpkins have been planted for about a week. This past week was
>great growing weather as the pumpkins grew much more than usual during
>this time of May. This week has turned cool and wet again as the
>Rochester area received close to two inches of rain last evening. Before
>this last rain, the normal rainfall for the month of May had already
>been exceeded. This will be a week of slow growth.
>
>For the past several years, I have planted twelve plants and have had so
>little time to do much else in the summer. So, this year, I am planting
>only six AG pumpkins and they are:
>
>1) 693 Heyne 98 -- 858 Baird 97 x 520 Heyne 97 -- 39 hours to germinate
>2) 1026 Holland 00 -- 903 UOW Holland 97 x 935 Lloyd 97 -- 39 hours
>3) 826.5 Hester 00 -- 935 Lloyd 97 x 946 Geerts 96 -- 49 hours
>4) 650 Heyne 00 -- 690 Bernard 99 x 511.5 Heyne 99 -- 52 hours
>5) 615 Hester 00 -- 968 Sproule 98 x 1010 MacKenzie 98 -- 48 hours
>6) 607 Geary 00 -- 968 Sproule 98 x 734 Marcellus 98 -- 29 hours
>
>My best to you all this pumpkin growing season.
>
>George Heyne
>Rochester, Mn. 55906
>
>
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