Re: Pumpkin getting green coating !!
Brad,
George Lloyd told me about Olive oil a few years back. Has worked for me and
a few other growers it enhances the orange colouring in the pumpkin
drew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle Rockwell" <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Pumpkin getting green coating !!
> No stopping mother nature Brad, unfortunately, it will be a grid type
> system that is needed to decide whether it is over or under the 75/25
> orange/green split. Dont forget, the udnerside, which on most fruit is
> yellow is stil part of the 100 percent, so dont let them forget to take
> that into consideration if it is orange you are after. But when it comes
> to judging, the powers that be at each weigh off are the deciding
> factors, case in point, ask Nic Welty. His monster (2 years ago) was
> orange as could be it seems from pictures that I have seen but had
> slight hints of green like you describe, and was put over into squash
> category.
>
> Brad2julie@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I have a large pumpkin getting a green cholorphyll like coating on the
> > outside in places,,,To many in fact. It is obvious the underlying
> > color is dark orange. Does anyone on the list know how to reverse
> > this effect. I am borderline 75%/25% right now.
> >
> > Any help appreciated,
> >
> > Brad
>
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