Direct Start Update 5/15/98 We survived!
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- Subject: Direct Start Update 5/15/98 We survived!
- From: G* <G*@aol.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 20:42:13 EDT
George Brooks
N. Tewksbury, MA about 25 miles Northwest of Boston in the Merrimack River
Valley.
Planted 4/13/98 in prepared mounds, method used is the Direct Start Method
combined with the Compost Feeding Method listed on Dan’s Page with pictures.
See these Hyper links for information on the growing method.
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/earlpump.html">Direct Start
Method of Pumpkin Growing by George Brooks</A>
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/compart2.html">Compost
Feeding Your Pumpkin - by George Brooks</A>
<A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/mound/index.html">Compost
Feeding Your Pumpkin Pictures - by George Brooks</A>
Well I spent a few sleepless nights in the first 11 days of May which had 10
days of rain totaling 5.7 inches. The Direct Start Window and Mound helped
keep it dry and growing. On May 9-11 a 3 day Nor-Easter pounded New England
with high winds, 40-50 mph, that we thought would never end. This type of
storm is not usually seen past mid April around here. The plants were quite
tall and still under the window but this allows for cross winds through the
side slats. The plants sustained light to moderate leaf damage but are still
doing fine. Went to the Window Wall stage tonight and the plants are they
same size as the one in my next to the last photo on the last Hyper link
listed above.
AG-480-97-GB a AG-553-92-GB child crossed with AG-717-91-MM, (Mike
MacDonald) and AG-798-95-PNZ, (Zehr).
Thinned to 2 plants, both doing very well, starting to vine.
Greer 1006
One plant doing great and a little bigger than the 480 above, vine starting to
take off.
Anderson 977
Pulled.
Weather has turned beautiful, though there was a hard frost the night before
last, 85 today.
George
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