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Re: Weather relapse

Hello John,
I have planted out my four seedlings in two plots. I have some protection
around them from wind and frost. They were predicting a minus 3 celcius last
night but it didn't eventuate.
I haven't heard from Tony for a while and noted a comment from Lyn that he
was missing his computer.
We havn't had rain for a while now and the plot I dug today was as dry as a
lime-burner's boot.
I read with interest the comments from Chris Anderson and was struck by the
effort he put in to getting the results he obviously deserves. I think the
formula someone wrote for giant pumpkin success
genetics + TLC + Luck  needs to have the TLC part in bold and tripple
underlined.
Stewart ACT

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sargeant <John.Sargeant@STDC.govt.nz>
To: 'Pumpkin Mailing List' <pumpkins@athenet.net>
Date: Sunday, 19 October 1997 17:45
Subject: Weather relapse


>Well, the first three seeds have sprouted. Already it is clear that even
>at the cotyledon stage, some are stronger than others. The three Smith
>332's are going great. I will put in the two strongest and put the third
>on a friends farm to let it fend for itself - Murphy may have a hand in
>this. My partch has been turned over for the last time and some Sulphate
>of Potash added for good flower and fruit set.
>
>The weather has turned dog and Hughie has been sending it down all
>weekend. especially this arbo.(Translated to English, this means that
>the weather has returned to witer conditions with temperatures barely in
>double figures (celcius), it has also been raining a lot, especially
>this afternoon). Australians need no translation as they are almost
>single handedly responsible for this garish coloquelism.
>
>Hi Tony - why do Australians have XXXX on their beer cans??
>
>Because they can't spell BEER !! (That's for the Sheep joke).
>
>The second set of seeds is in the airing cupboard as the cool condition
>meant thae slowing down of growth in cool, damp seed mix. I expect to
>plant out in 10 - 14 days.
>Cheers
>Pumpkins of New Zealand
>
>Have a 'Parky' day!
>
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