Re: Pumpkin went down
Sorry to hear about the fruit Deb...... I have to chime in after reading
your story, as I just returned from my patch and had an experience.
Walking down, I saw a mole running for cover, and where did he go? Under
my first of two twins on my Eaton 780! Well, they hadnt grown a bit in 2
weeks, both going about 225 or so (side by side, actually touching).
Well, I was a bit ticked at the little guy, so I started shoveling,
trying to dig him out from under the fruit.
Nothing came out, so I decided to cut the fruit from the vine (this
fruit was only a front lawn jobby) and I rolled the pumpkin - and out he
ran.... to where you ask?> Under the other fruit... DANG! I checked the
bottom of the fruit I was holding... no damage.. WHEW!... So I went to
work to get the second fruit off the vine to try and get the little
fella before he did damage to my only midsized fruit I have for ALtoona
(APP 400 pounds or so)... I cut it off the vine, rolled her over, and
what was there ? The mole with his guts hanging out... The weight of the
fruit when Irolled it over crushed his little body..
Luckily, it was probably his first day or two of inhabitance in my
patch, and tonite was his last...
r&dsundstrom wrote:
>
> hi guys,
> well we lost our biggest one taping a bit over 600 at first we thought it
> blew out in a rib but after carefull examination a hole was found not any
> ole hole but 1 belonging to a mouse he ate quite a few seeds and ruined our
> best shot at breaking 700lbs this year we saved as many seeds as we could
> deb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Lubadub@aol.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:59 AM
> Subject: Pumpkin Growth
>
> > I have no proof of this but I think that even after the pumpkins stop
> gaining
> > in circuference as the begin to mature that the walls of the pumpkin
> continue
> > to grow and therefore for awhile the pumpkin continues to gain weight.
> There
> > is hardly anyway to know this for certain unless you did borings or used
> > ultrasound.to measure wall thickness.
> >
> > Marv in Altoona
> >
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