Re: Picking the right plant.

I agree with Marv. Some of my most vigorous plants did not produce my
largest pumpkins. One of my plants which was slow and not so vigorous
produced two pumpkins 450+ pounds. In general, my largest pumpkins were
from plants that had the earliest pollination dates, no matter how
vigorous the plant was.

George Heyne
Rochester, MN 

On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Vickie  Brock wrote:

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> >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.
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> Marv,
> 
> You plan sounds good!  But selection of which plant to keep is a bit more
> complex.  Some of these genetics behind these monsters have traits of what
> i call sleepers.  The 697 and to some extent the 1006 are in this category
> mine were not fast growing vines.  This year I almost pulled my 1006
> because it seemed to be lacking aggressive vine growth.  Seemed to be slow
> and methodical maybe laying out a killer root system.  Then when you don't
> think it  will do much the  plant  starts to pick up its pace especially
> after fruit set.  It ended up being one of my largest pumpkins.  But was
> one of the smallest plants all season long......Now all we need to do is
> find out if that was the experience of those that grew the 697 and 1006 or
> was it that the soil nutrients became more available........???????
> 
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