Re: Here is my estimated weight
Under the right conditions, A.G.'s can put on 20 pounds a day and most of them
do. The trick is to keep them putting on a good 10 to 20 pounds a day
consistently without splitting or just plain stopping. If ya figure out how to
do that, let me know.
LKNIKKI1@aol.com wrote:
> Bob,
> Well I finally got out and measured the biggest of my two pumpkins. It had
> a circumference of 97 inches, over the top stem to blossom of 66 and side to
> side over the top of 68. That makes 231 total, so according to Howard Dills
> method I have a 438 and to look at it probably every LB of that. I am really
> happy. just to think what would had happened if the stem had not cracked in
> half on the 13th day. It has only grown maybe 60 lbs. since but is
> functioning on about a quarter of a stem, I am just lucky I guess to get that
> weight at all. I am so happy!!!!!!!
> Next year I am going to double the ground space in my garden to 40 ft by
> 40 ft and only grow two plants, I am looking foreword to next year.
> oh yeah my other pumpkin is only a couple of pounds short of the big one.
> Next year I will germinate a few of my own and cross the one that remains
> with the best seed that I can purchase, or beg for!
> The reason I am keeping my seed is the speed of the initial growth of the
> fruit. Is that normal for an Atlantic giant?????
> Well got to get back to my watering duties,
> good bye all
> Kevin Smith (FISH)
>
>
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