Re: Re-625 Kennedy et al
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- Subject: Re: Re-625 Kennedy et al
- From: W* K*
- Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 11:21:20 -0400
Great to hear the seeds are doing well ........I have had the same problem
with seeds before......you must sand the edges and then germination is
usually very high............good luck and keep in
touch.....................Wayne
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> From: PDelm30578@aol.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Cc: waynekennedy@sprint.ca
> Subject: Re-625 Kennedy et al
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 9:37 AM
>
> In a message dated 5/8/99 8:01:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> waynekennedy@sprint.ca writes:
>
> << Subj: Re-625 Kennedy
> Date: 5/8/99 8:01:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: waynekennedy@sprint.ca (Wayne Kennedy)
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> Ok is anyone out there growing it and how is it doing for
> them.........................Wayne
>
> ---- >>
> I started 2 of the 625 seeds on 20 April. They sprouted in 4 days with
heat
> supplied by a heating tape wrapped around the bottom half of a
polyethylene
> jug full of SCHULTZ potting mix
> The have now been outdoors for several days. With the threat of a
> thunderstorm hanging over us, I brought them in until the weather passes.
The
> 616's did not sprout after8 days. Dug them up and seeds looked just like
> when I planted them. I sanded the next 2 and they eventually sprouted.
> I will plant one of the 625's in my small patch and give the rest to my
> daughter who has a >1 acre lot. Plants look good. I would have mine in
the
> ground by now but need the patch rototilled one more time.
> My daughter grew a 200+ lb PWH from some 1997 seeds I started last year.
She
> planted it near her compost pile and the roots went into the pile. I told
her
> to save the seeds from the 200 lb'er. When I visited at Christmas time
there
> was 6 inches of snow on the ground and I could see the pumpkin monster
> sitting on top of the compost pile. I asked if she had gotten the seeds
out.
> She said she was waiting for me to help. Although it was about 25 F out,
we
> got a hatchet and cut up the punpkins. The seeds were in a kind of
frozen
> slush. When we turned over the pumpkin, there was a neat little hole in
it.
> Some field mice that lived under an adjacent shed had been using it as a
food
> supply. This spring, they found the husks of hundreds of seeds in the
shed.
> They have three cats so that should minimize the mouse problem
> We must have looked like idiots out there in the snow chopping up a
frozen
> pumpkin. I took the slush home melted it and washed the seeds. After
they
> dried, I tested them for germination and they were fine.
> This will be our first year with AG's. It should be interesting.
> We will keep you posted.
> Paul DELMORE in PERINTON near ROCHESTER, NY
>
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