LAST "CLONE" UPDATE UNTIL THE FINAL 2001 WEIGHOFF
- Subject: LAST "CLONE" UPDATE UNTIL THE FINAL 2001 WEIGHOFF
- From: D* M*
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:22:13 -0700 (PDT)
- List-Archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> From: "clarion" <clarion500@earthlink.net>
> To: <owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 07:25:07 -0600
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> LAST "CLONE" UPDATE UNTIL THE FINAL 2001 WEIGHOFF
> RESULTS
> Here is the final "clone" report before the final
> weights are in from across the country. This
> breakthrough experimental project is coming to an
> end in 4 short weeks, so far, all the Scherber clone
> growers do not appear to be surpassing last years
> 1009 pumpkin, which Joe Scherber had pumped out from
> this very same plant. Growers who I sent clones to
> this spring and were able to grow one, have helped
> in propagating pumpkin research that should help to
> produce some of the best genetic seed strains in the
> near future. Once the season ends, I'll have time to
> get into all the details of how everyone's plants
> did, and how they compared to one another. A lot of
> interesting questions have already been answered,
> and more discoveries will be learned once they are
> finally weighed and carved.
>
> Len Stellpflug, who is growing a 991 Hunt clone,
> should top the 354 pound mark which that plant
> produced last season, if he has not already done
> that at this time. Len should be posting something
> on Big Pumpkins web site soon, or soon after this
> season is over Grower experience and proper growing
> techniques are helpful to have success with these
> plants, but still, weather, soil, sun, and many
> other factors have affected how growers results are
> turning out.
>
> The following growers, as well as where they live,
> are listed below, with non- alive or alive status:
>
>
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> GERRY GADBERRY : {WASHINGTON} ALIVE
> TOM RORQUAL : {MARYLAND} NON-
> ALIVE
> TOM BEACHY : {INDIANA} {NO
> CURRENT UPDATE}
> .JIM KILBERT : {PENNSYLVANIA} ALIVE
> LEN STELPFLUG : {NEW YORK} ALIVE
> NIC WELTY : {OHIO}
> ALIVE
> ALEX UMSTED : {NEW MEXICO} NON- ALIVE
> BILL BORSCHEID : {MINNESOTA}} NON- ALIVE
> MARC SAWTELLE : {COLORADO} ALIVE
> JOE SCHERBER : {COLORADO} } ALIVE
>
> .SCOTT LEWIS : {COLORADO} ALIVE
> JAMES KANE : {COLORADO} NON- ALIVE
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> To find out how Gadberry Stellplug, and Kilbert are
> doing, visit Big Pumpkins www.bigpumpkins.com and
> check out Gads & Kilr diary entries to get info on
> those 3 growers. I have posted a couple also {and
> that's all I had time to do so far!}. Welty has his
> own web site http://web.raex.com/~ldnwelty/ , not
> sure if a new update is posted. Joe Scherber's first
> clone plant got killed May 22, and had to start
> another, which put him behind pollination schedule,
> and thus too late to be able to grow anything
> gigantic from it. Scott Lewis also had a late go as
> well, and has more than one fruit on the plant,
> nothing that is too large according to him. I have
> had a few of my problems early on, but it will still
> top my personal best {432 pounds last year}, as it
> is already past that. Not sure if Tom Beachy has one
> still going or not, I'm waiting to hear from him
> still. The other growers listed had their plants die
> on them, except James Kane, who pulled his after
> using it for a male pollinator to his 808 Holland.
>
> I am not sure what estimated weights are for
> everyone, so my next and final post of the year will
> be the one of interest, with all the final weights
> of the growers still involved in this years project.
> Gadberry is proclaiming himself the clone king, as
> he expects his to be somewhere in the 500 pound
> range. Everyone has had identical looking plants and
> pumpkins, except for age differences in the fruit,
> and everyone's growing results sound identical to
> mine! More on all that during the winter months! For
> the time being, I'll just say best of luck to all
> clone and non- clone growers across the land at
> whatever weighoff or contest you enter!
>
> "Madman" Marc
>
>
>
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> To check out "How to keep clones alive through the
> winter", go to Kevin's "Holmans Hole" web site which
> can be accessed clicking on
>
http://www.homestead.com/henryholman/files/pumpkin_cloning.html
> . Big Pumpkins has a link as well at
>
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=31&gid=2
> and Bob has some cool stuff at his killer Pumpkin
> Nook web site... and even made me one of his
> featured growers {I am honored!} find that at
> http://www.pumpkinnook.com/commune/featpic.htm .
> Mike Neperney's AGGC site {you can only get to this
> site using internet explorer, and you need to log in
> first to access TONS of genetic background info &
> other cool stuff} has a link also, first go to
> http://aggc.1wh.com/aggc.asp and log in first.
>
>
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