RE: Progress

Stewart
Pollinating the Kiwi Fruit is often done with a small childs paintbrush
- the sort used for colouring in etc.
Good luck with the pumpkins (but tnot that good you beat us Kiwi's !!
John

Have a 'Parky' day!  

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> From: 	Stewart Deans[SMTP:sdeans@pcug.org.au]
> Sent: 	Thursday, 20 November 1997 23:26
> To: 	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: 	Progress
> 
> G'day group,
> Just for a change from Mailing list issues I thought I would report
> progress.
> Pumpkin vines are doing well main vines about 1.5 m and several
> secondary vines about 1 m long.
> The main vine is growing about 10-15 cm per day.
> I have a small hill that the plant is growing on and it has therefore
> to drop a bit to get to the ground this has caused a split on one
> plant in the main vine at the bend. It does not seem to be affecting
> progress although it may have sped up the production of secondary
> vines.
> We have had some cool nights with temperatures reported to be down to
> 1 C at night. I think my block is a bit more protected and doesn't see
> these cool temperatures. Officially 2C is considered a frost but I
> havn't seen any sign of frost.
> I didn't get any response to my question on the reported Jack and
> Sherry LaRue growing technique. Hopefully when they join the group we
> will get some magic advice considering their successes.
> Are there any experts on Kiwi fruit (Chinese Gooseberries). I have a 2
> year old female that flowered for the first time this year. The male
> is about 5-6 meters away and I brought her some flowers just in case.
> It did not seem to work as the flower stems just drop off. Does that
> mean there was no pollination or is there another problem?
> Stewart ACT
> sdeans@pcug.org.au <mailto:sdeans> 
> 
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