Re: Nice Squash

Tim Bailey wrote:
> 
> Rocky,
> 
> I have been following your updates on the archives all summer.  I am not
> signed on the list because my
> e-mail account is through work, etc.  I'll look for you at the Clarence,
> NY weigh-off.  I hope your "squash"
> keeps going 'til then.  I lost a 344"OTT, 157"cir. pumpkin on Aug 31 to
> a split in a rib right on top.  This is
> only my second year, so I was pleased to have made it that far.
> Hopefully the seeds will be OK.  I have
> not seen a growth chart to excede what this one did.  It had 6 segments
> and the plant was only 300-350
> square feet!  It was pollenated on July 11.
> 
> I hope to bring my next biggest pumpkin, a squash (don't worry, not even
> close to yours), and a
> watermelon if they make it that long.
> 
> I live in Jamestown, NY.  Close to the PA line (south of Buffalo), so
> you have a little farther drive than I do.
> Thanks for your updates.
> 
> Tim (tbailey@jtm.com)

Bad news showed up tonite ......

	I took my nightly trip to the patch after work, and I had my heart sink
to the bottom of my feet.. I was making my usual rounds, and there it
was.. a soft spot.. right on top.. I am going to cam-cord it and get the
photo on the page tomorrow.. but Iam so dissapointed.. I really looked
forward to going to Clarence, to meet everyone, but alas, I do not think
the soft spot will make it that long.. I give it a week, tops.. 
	Final talliess as far as I cansee is roughly 780 pounds, and I have no
idea why the soft spot has arrived. I wonder if I had moles get
underneath, or maybe this being the 74th day of the fruits life, and the
plant being 146 days old from the time I started the seed, that maybe it
had matured to its fullest, and this is just the downhill slope for its
life.. I am going to wait until something happens like a cave-in or
something, but am really depressed. 
	On the bright side, this was my rookie season, and who could have asked
for anything more? Long live the Dark horse.. "atleast in my memories..
It sure is going to be hard going to the patch for the next three
weeks..but I will be rooting for all my fellwo growers over the list,
good luck to all.. I love ya man!! (bud light please?) 
-- 
Lyle "Rocky" Rockwell
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