Re: Intro and Question
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- Subject: Re: Intro and Question
- From: "* B* <w*@vrn.iscorltd.co.za>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:26:22 +0200
Sue
I got seeds from last year and I can sent you same.
I did every thing wrong but still had a 52 kg pumpkin.
Sent me your adres and I male same.
I stay in Vanderbijlpark.
Wally from SA
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan & Sharon Eaton <eatrich@magma.ca>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: Intro and Question
>At 11:19 21/09/98 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>I was happy to hear of this list from another South African subscriber as
>>my husband has become mildly obsessed with the idea of growing a record
>>sized pumpkin since I foolishly brought home a packet of Big Max seeds a
>>few years ago. Luckily we live on a large property outside of Johannesburg
>>and have the space for this hobby (otherwise I suspect that I wouldn't
have
>>any garden at all apart from the pumpkin patch!). We produced a few big
>>pumpkins from seed obtained from Bernard Lavery last year. I have no idea
>>what they weighed, but they were significantly larger than the Big Max's
>>grown the previous year and took four healthy guys to lift onto the back
of
>>a truck using a tarpaulin. I would guess at 100KG plus for each.
>>This wasn't enough for the man in my life however, so late last year I
>>contacted Howard Dill and bought two packets of Dills 700lb+ seeds as a
>>present for my him. Our summer is just starting, so we have planted the
>>precious seeds in the same way as in previous years. Each seed in a 6 inch
>>pot filled with a sand and compost mixture placed on a heating mat to
>>germinate. So far only ONE seed out of the fourteen has germinated and
this
>>is 9 days after planting. Have we done something wrong? I've never had
such
>>poor (or slow) germination before. Are Dills seeds bad germinators? Should
>>I rush out and buy some Big Max seeds (the only ones that can be bought
>>commercially here in SA) so that we have at least some big pumpkins this
>>summer? Please help a pair of beginners in the Atlantic Giant growing
game.
>>Cheers
>>Sue
>>**************************************************************************
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>***********
>Sue-how large is your AG garden? One plant will fill 1000 sq. feet quite
easily.
>
>After 9 days I suggest the others are lost but with one plant you can still
>go ahead,and besides you have the most vigorous plant from 14 seeds.So give
>it a good try.
>
> Al
Eaton,Canada
>
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