Re: Here is my estimated weight
All this talk about stem-splitting etc. makes me fear for the failure of my
first pumpkin before it even sprouts. I'll be able to deal with whatever
happens, but my 6 year-old, who will be in on the project in a big way,
will be mighty disappointed if his squash explodes or something. maybe I'd
better try growing 2 plants (argh!!! no room!!!). Is it wise to grow 2
fruits on one plant, or is that a sure route to smallish pumpkins?
Ken & Charlotte Mitchell wrote:
> Bob
> You can gain as much as 41 # a day as did the 991 Hunt, which bless her
> heart is now laid to rest after a courageous battle to stem split.
> Sibbed it and kept the seed. Very accurate box scales weighs her thick
> shoulders and rear at 801. What a lose, but shook the 500# monkey off
> the back. Good luck to those still in the race.
> Ken
> TURKEYMAN
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:19:27 -0700 Robert Troy <rptroy@earthlink.net>
> writes:
> >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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