RE: Blossom End Split
Hi Ethan,
I feel that genetics plays a big part in it, however the blossom end is
also the weakest part of the fruit and that is where it is thinnest. When I
lost my best one this year to blossom end split it occurred at a time when
we had gone from cool days in the mid to upper 60's and night temps in the
upper 50's to 90º days and night time temps in the low 50's and upper 40's.
I think that after a cool season this just put too much stress on the fruit
and it split at the weak point. I think that when you factor in the high
growth rate plus heat and cool expanding and contracting sometimes something
has to give. I'm not a pumpkin engineer but it helps me sleep at night to
rationalize it this way.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Jervis [SMTP:ejervis@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Blossom End Split
>
> Hello. Blossom End split. Is it caused by genetic's or something else? Any
> idea's or suggestion's ?
>
> Ethan
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