Re: Pumpkin Metamorphosis
I had an 815 Anderson that was as green as a dollar bill. After sitting in may
garage for three months, it turned completely orange ! Figure that one out.
Bob T.
Lyle Rockwell wrote:
> Doug,
> Your welcome for the seeds, but I am curious, what seed did the greening
> pumpkin come from? Mine has given off lots ofgreen hues and hints inside the
> cantalouping, and some on the list lately have discussed that being not just
> genetic, but possibly an environmental, conditional thing. I am not convinced
> one way or another,but curious if the seed that grew this fruit has other
> tendancies. Some of the best seed out there has thrown squash , or
> pumpkin/squashJeckyl/Hyde type situations. This year alone the Eaton 1009 grew
> the biggest squash in Clarence, while in years past the Sproule 968, Mackenzie
> 1010, Andersen 815 to name a few have either thrown a squash or two, converted
> a couple, or just plain grown all squash. I guess with any seed, there is no
> guarantee, as years ago, most of these AG's have had squash introduced into its
> genetic background to create heavier pumpkins through wall thickness and other
> squash type niceties..
> Anyways, green does look awesome carved, so have fun with it..
>
> Doug.Parker@sce.com wrote:
>
> > All............
> >
> > Here are the end of season stats for my first year growing AGs:
> >
> > Lessons learned - plenty
> > Mistakes made - even more
> > 250 Lbs - Green (226 OTT)
> > 245 Lbs - Orange (224 OTT)
> >
> > One of my mistakes was planting too early, which means I've had my two
> > "pickling fruit" setting on the back porch now for over a month. They're
> > holding up quite well and will make it to Halloween just fine. However,
> > during the last couple of weeks I've noticed that the orange one (of the
> > creamy salmon type) is becoming increasingly green. What started out as
> > some light green patches down towards its resting side have spread to the
> > point that they now cover about 45% of the surface area. I've seen this
> > greening effect with Prizewinners where, once picked, the pale yellow
> > resting side slowly turns a dark forest green. But it doesn't invade the
> > orange. Here, the green is actually displacing the salmon orange. Is this
> > normal? At this rate I'll have a completely green squashkin by the end of
> > the month. Not that I'm complaining mind you, I think green is fine. I'm
> > just surprised.
> >
> > Congrats to all who have weighed in so far and best of luck to all the rest
> > this weekend.
> >
> > Thanks again Rocky for all the wonderful seeds.
> >
> > Doug Parker
> > Sierra Madre CA
> >
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