Re: Demise of the pumpkin cam
Bart:
The pumpkin cam must now be renamed the Glenn Andrews cam, presidential candidate on the green party.
Bob Attaway
Bart Toftness wrote:
> Some of you know about my pumpkin cam and may have noticed that the picture updates stopped on 4 Sept. This is not a malfunction of the camera but something worse. On 19 August I discovered a split in the blossom end of the pumpkin. Daily doses of fungicide were not enough to keep the fungus away. On Monday morning when I put on pumpkin TV (yes I have the camera connected to a TV in addition to the web page) I noticed some dark lines on the pumpkin. In the patch I found a soft spot on the side of the pumpkin. I decided it was impossible to keep it until weigh off so I pulled the scale into the patch and my son and I rolled the pumpkin onto the scale to get its final weight before it went into a freshly dug hole. When we cut it open we found the split had penetrated into the seed cavity. Most of the inside of the pumpkin was black yet still solid and firm. We didn't save any seeds because they were all black. Yes, some may have been ok but few people are interested in fungus covered
> seeds. We have enough germination challenges without starting with poor seeds. (In light of recent discussions, I will go dig some up but only if the price is VERY right. Seeds from good pumpkins remain free.)
>
> Well not all is lost. I no longer have a pumpkin cam this year BUT now the former "pumpkin cam public enemy #1" has taken over the (green) spotlight. For those of you of the green persuasion, check it out. (you know who you are,G)
>
> Bart Toftness
> Wallingford, CT
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~toftness/2000.htm
>
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