I HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR I TOOK A WORM BLOWER WITH SOME LIQUID SEVEN
AND SHOT IT IN THE HOLE. TURNS OUT THE HOLE WASNT ALL THE WAY THROUGH
AND IT HEALED UP. KILL THEM BUGGERS!!! IF IT IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. GOOD LUCK.
JIM
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Subject: To CHEAT or Not to
Author: <brocfarm@pacific.net (Vickie Brock) > at Internet-Mail
Date: 10/1/97 7:03 PM
>Mayday Mayday sh-------- mother
>@#%$#^%&*%*^&%*%^&*%^&*(&$*$&#$#$^@%^^%#&^%*$&^%* I don't believe this my
>biggest baby 700+ personal best.... I found a hole at the blossom nipple
>about the size of a bee-bee ball pellet.. You see the blossom end is
>hidden under the pumpkin and so i got a flash light to check it out and I
>saw a fruit fly crawling then dissappear so I dug under to investigate and
>there is a little dinky hole into the cavity....Well I could easily plug
>it and hope no one sees it. Which i doubt they could or would.. All the
>work i put in this baby gone..OR...Do I cheat or play by the
>rules..........man o man the temptation is great.....is this one of those
>games you try and get away with what you can.??.....OR .Are we really
>trying to uphold the standards...That is in question because the
>weigh-offs here have a AG. inspectors that really don't know where to look
>for problems.....They need an experienced grower to do the check. Or
>Growers to do it......and if your caught 15 yard penalty or maybe your
>out for the next season...... I don't want to be the only Dork following
>the rules to a tee....its real hard to do....after all that
>work...........Brock