Sorry I hit the wrong button. This was supposed to be a private post.
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From:
s*@home.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:58
AM
Subject: Re: IPA Weigh - Off ..... Des
Moines, WA
I have talked to her on several occasions and she is amazed that she was
able to do what she did. She almost seemed embarrassed to be winning so much.
The fact that all of these fruit grew at such an amazing rate and didn't blow
up was amazing. She said that she had reduced to only one fruit on each
of these plants and there was no backup if something happened.
I talked a lot about the problems I had this year and she mentioned that
one thing she did this year was to have a place analyze her soil for fusarium
and several other fungus or bacterial problems and she dealt with them as
necessary. She gave me the website of a local lab that does the tests and she
recommended them. She felt that her plants were much healthier this year as a
result. I know that she has worked for many years building up her soil and
that she has a beautiful sunny exposure for growing. I saw her place in the
Holland video for 2000. It looks like a wonderful place.
One other thing she said she did and that was work, work work on the
plants. She didn't have all that success by accident. I am hoping to get some
similar seeds for next year to hopefully improve my results. It is interesting
that each one was a different seed. The older 879 Holland, the 940 Mombert,
the 735 Stelts and I think she told me the 1,111 was from one of her own
seeds. I think that her methods were more of a factor than the specific seeds,
although she had some excellent choices for seeds.
Any one of her pumpkins would have been a career for any of us, but she
had 4 in one year. I will say that she is a very friendly and open person. She
will talk to you any time and she truly was excited at each weighoff. I took
the photo of her at Canby and she showed how excited she was when she hugged
the orange monster.
Rich Koch
----- Original Message -----
From:
P*@dnr.state.oh.us
To: '*@mallorn.com'
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:14
AM
Subject: RE: IPA Weigh - Off ..... Des
Moines, WA
It’s
not enough that she had three 1100+ pound fruit, she broke last year’s
record with two of them!
I would love to have a couple hours to discuss her methods with
her!
-Gus
-----Original
Message-----
From: Richard
Koch [mailto:solkatz@home.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:22
AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: IPA Weigh - Off ..... Des
Moines, WA
Geneva said
that she used the 879 Holland seed for this one.
I am
amazed with this season as she won 4 competitions with a 992 at Puyallup,
the 1,262 at Canby, the 1.111 the following weekend and now this
1,144. That is an amazing year.
Rich
Koch
Bremerton,
Washington
----- Original
Message -----
From: c*@sanasys.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Sunday, October
21, 2001 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: IPA Weigh -
Off ..... Des Moines, WA
WHAT the hell is going on with
this stuff Shell.....Come on....help us little guys out!!!!!!!!! Man what
seeds did she use for all her 1000 pounders!! what is that...3 or 4 I have
lost count!!!
DANNY
Shellie Cramer wrote:
International
Pumpkin Association
in conjunction
with..........................
KBSG Des Moines
Rotary Haunted House Pumpkin Weigh -Off
1.
1144 Geneva Emmons
2.
783 Richard Teals/Dennis Parr
3.
733 Stan Pugh
4.
723 Steve Radich
5.
652 Geoff Gould
6.
618 Darrell Roulst
7.
526 Chris Michalec
8.
485 Shellie Cramer
9.
400 Chris Michalec
10.
320 Richard Koch
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