Re: Oregon Update
Good for you Guru.... I am suprised you didnt get more green going in
the patch though.. Nice to know that Andrew (Im happy for him) isnt the
only one coming out of the closet with a big one.. You must have an
aggressive fertilization program with the splits and heartbreaks you
have had in the patch this year... Are you using 0-0-60 now?
Orion910@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings all from the mighty state of Oregon where we all stand ready
> to see just how far up someones ass we can stick a 1000 pound pumpkin
> when it is figured out who is responsible for killing so many
> Americans. I noticed on the list that not much has been said about
> the tragedy, but hey, it happened and it is a great thing to see the
> various people come together and prepare to do what is necessary to
> assist in the complete and utter destruction of those responsible.
> Anyway, on a more pumpkiny note, here is the Oregon update.
>
> 900 Lyons plant was removed last week. It produced a 623 and a 637.
> Both fruit were nice orange color. One had its stem rot off, and the
> other self destructed in 6 different splits. Not bad, but I like top
> see fruit on a scale at the end of the season, not in September.
>
> 800 Edwards East plant produced a nice 583.5 pound pumpkin that went
> down to a blossom end split over a month ago. It is gone as well from
> the patch.
>
> 800 Edwards West plant threw my only squash and it is far from a
> monster at around 500 lbs. est.
>
> 986 Hester plant has two fruit it. Like a dork, I left two fruit on a
> tiny flag plant. I thought I had removed one near the center of the
> plant and left it alone. Concentrating on the nice fruit on the main
> vine, I didn't look at the one inside until I noticed it poking up
> above the leaf canopy. Both are beautiful orange fruit instead of the
> green I was going for.
>
> 616 Corkum plant has a nice fruit on it. ;-)
>
> 730 Stellpflug is kinda dissappointing me. Big beautiful plant, but
> the two fruit haven't grown in a month. Two est 600 pounders on it.
>
> 1026 Holland plant is worth having. 1200?
>
> 611 Hester plant has a canoe on it. Rolling hard, really hard setting
> its sight on 4 digits.
>
> 801 Stelts plant is going to have to duplicate what it did for me in
> 1999. The big one went down and weighed 18% heavy, the young one was
> pollinated on july 23rd. Absolutely ripping at 20# a day.
>
> 846 Calai plant of Lisas has a beautiful young fruit or two on it. I
> have her beat though.
>
> 968 Hester plant took 4th at Puyallup with a 700.5 pounder. only 90
> leaves on that plant and the other fruit will top 500 pounds.
>
> 969 LaRue plant is a splitter. Heavy for size, but weak stems.
>
> 723 Bobier. We shall see. A late set, slow plant, but,.... But....
>
> 940 Mombert is growing a hedgehog. a big hedgehog.
>
> 780 Eaton split in the blossom 3 weeks ago, but it is plugged and up
> to around 700 pounds now. Still growing.
>
> 946 Geerts of Lisas has what could be called an upsetter. Her smaller
> fruit weighed super heavy for its size. This one tapes out a 500 and
> is really growing.
>
> The 850 Hester, 935 Lloyd and the 815 Checkon, had an off year.
>
> Thats the basics,
> The Pumpkinguru
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