Re: PumpkinMasters Thanksgiving patterns?! HELP!

     Hey steve.  Pumpkins only grow so much.  When they are done, they are 
done.  And with the cold temps I don't think new leaves are going to grow.  
But good job on your pumpkins this season and way to hang in there.

Greg
GIant Pumpkin Grower
www.thepumpkinmaster.com
Fresno, California (It is very hot here only when pumpkins are growing, as 
soon as they are done temps are perfect for growing!!!)


----Original Message Follows----
From: SteveS012@aol.com
Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: PumpkinMasters Thanksgiving patterns?! HELP!
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 05:07:26 EST

In a message dated 11/25/99 8:04:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lshumaker@greenapple.com writes:

 > Hey, Steve!
 >   I was thinking of you the other day.  What happened to your end-of-year
 >  pumpkins - any big ones or wanna-be's? Let us know
 >  Lisa

Well actually they are still growing, (yes I am serious!). Well 99% of the
leaves died on most of them, but I think because of powdery mildew in
combination with the Mosaic virus they have had all summer. Even with
insecticides, fungicides, floating row cover, botanical parasites for
Cucumber beetles, seaweed, etc., they still got the virus and mildew lately.
I have been keeping them above frost, but yet all of the leaves seemed to
have died. I am not giving up though. I am hoping I can find some  leaf/vine
buds to get some new leaves growing to keep the plants a live long enough to
finish off the biggest pumpkin (only 150 pounds or so now), and get the 
other
ones so I can at least have some seeds. It seems like no matter how hard I
try, something always finds a way to mess it up. It doesn't make sense.
Oh well, anyway, I hope you and your family had (and are still having) a
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Write back soon!

-Steve

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