Picking the right plant.
- To: pumpkins
- Subject: Picking the right plant.
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 14:05:07 -0500 (EST)
Hey guys. Listen Up. Anderson 1998 here again.
Since most of us in the US are having cold weather and some lots of snow, I
thought it might be worthwhile to talk a little bit about seed again. I am,
as most of you, thinking about which seeds I will be going with for next
year. Everyone is pretty much aware of the fact that seed with a family
history of huge pumpkins somewhere along the line is a must. Also we all know
that the seeds are a genetic mish-mosh. Also that if a seed comes from a
large pumpkin of last year that there is no guarantee that seed will produce
big in 1998. Maybe seeds skip a year etc etc.
Here is what I intend to do. All things considered, I will pick those seeds,
for whatever reason, that I think will make me the Chris Anderson of 1998. I
have a patch that is about 40 feet by 50 feet. This means that I will have
2000 square feet available for the two plants that I intend to grow there. I
will take the seeds I have chosen as being the most blessed and start them
using the bubbling technique etc and will start at least 8 plants. At the
corners of my rectangular garden I will plant two plants in each corner. They
will have the usual protection from weather etc. As they grow I will without
mercy remove the one plant from each corner that is not progressing as well
as the other. This will give me four plants in all, one in each corner. They
will be grown using the Xmas Tree pruning technique. Later I will remove,
without mercy, the less attractive of the final four. I will, in the end,
have the two best plants no matter what their origin. I wish I had more space
but I don't.
This will be much like the national basketball tournament. Only the strong
will survive. Many of us have limited growing space. A reduction system as
mentioned above might be helpful to all. Now is the time to plan. It is
painful to remove one of the babies from the patch but reality is very real.
The goal is a huge healthy pumpkin.
Any comments? Any constructive or destructive criticism. I can take anything
but someone telling me my seeds (1006/1061 and 1061/1006) are no good.
Marv in Altoona PA
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