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Re: Attack of the Mutant Sprouts....

Vince: 
           I'm glad your Geneva Electric (Emmons 922) is up and running.  I planted three seeds this year and two are up and running (Stelts 1230, Bobier 723) while my Emmons  1262 has yet to push through the soil after eight days. 
 
          Of course, being very worried, I got up early on day seven and carefully began exhuming the hill in which the Emmons is planted.  Armed with a fork and using extreme caution I slowly pulled away the soil from the side of the mound.  My fear was that if I came in from the top I would damage the hidden sprout. After some anxious moments my eye caught the light green glint of a growing giant.  I quickly reconstructed the hill poured some warm water with kelp extract on top and covered it with a mini-greenhouse.  
 
             What is interesting is that the Bobier emerged first, in six days, yet it is the oldest seed of the three. 
Hopeful Pumpkin Papa
Craig 
----- Original Message -----
From: a*@yahoo.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:14 AM
Subject: Attack of the Mutant Sprouts....

 
Consumed with curiosity, I finally dug the sandbagging 846 Calai seed out of his pot. The good news is that the seed actually sprouted.  The bad news is - the sprout is a mutant.  The main seed leaves were deformed and a second set of smaller seed leaves were mysteriously attached to the stem.

The seed had sprouted out of the seed case but didn't want to show it's face in the sun so never popped up out of the dirt.


The 846 Calai sprout has a second set of seed leaves
attached to a single stem

Another strange occurrence was the 850 Wallace.  This one was also slow coming up.  The shoot apparently never made it out of the seed case.  I knew this one had a problem when some wild looking roots popped out of the ground at the same time as the sprout.  Most of the root ball was curled up in the seed case.

These two mutants, I sadly put out of their misery...  No mutant ninja turtle pumpkins in my patch.

So which of my sprouts currently rules the patch???  There is one that lights up the patch at night with an eerie glow. The ying and yang patch just crackles with electricity. 

I call this plugged in sprout GE.... short for Geneva Electric - the 922 Emmons.  This one wants her name in Neon and has the power to light the tubes....

vince
best 831, 2001
zone 9, the pumpkin zone

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