Re: Patch info, Part 1

Hello. One thing just dawned on me. The1131 was grown diagonally like a
christmas tree, right?  That means it was a triangle. The area of a triangle
is base x 1/2 the altitude. So then if you take a base of 33 feet (The
Bottom Of The Christmas Tree) x 1/2 the altitude (Height Of The Tree) this
is what you get. 33 x 16.5 = 544.5.  Are you telling me that the 1131 came
from a plant that was 544.5 square feet? If  i'm not mistaking, Gary Burke's
pumpkin last year came from a plant even smaller. Any comments?? Please
correct me if i'm wrong.

Ethan
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Checkon <telcom@csrlink.net>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:00 PM
Subject: Patch info, Part 1


> It will be a couple weeks until we get our soil test results but here is
> what we have until then. We grew 3 plants this year but the 1131 and
> 1190 were grown in our main patch which is 75' x 36'. Both plants were
> 33'x33' grown diagonally in Christmas tree shape. Germinated 5/1 and
> put out 5/15. Used water from a shallow well water system. Put about
> 8 tons of fresh cow manure on last fall and about 7 tons this fall.
> Also use lots of mulched oak and maple leaves. We used some fish/seaweed
> and a variety of foliar fertilizer but sparingly as phosphate level in
> the soil was already very high. We put on some 0-0-60 in the spring
> and a little 10-10-10 on Gerry's side of the patch.
>
> For the last 2 years, we have used the mineral and micro-nutrient
> supplement product, Ironite. We put it on just before planting each
> year. The soil in the patch is primarlly clay on the 1190 side
> and a mixture of clay, cinders and coal ash on the 1131 side and was in
> very poor condition when we started. More on this when we get our test
> results back.
>
> Larry & Gerry
>
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