Re: Update from Spencerville
Bob
sounds like your patch must keep you very busy.what seed did you get the
1800# off of?? sounds like a real aggressive plant. My stumpless wonder
seems to be holding together fine.I'll update tonight.also what seed do
you have your current personel best on? the carlsons dan and
beth Bob Marcellus wrote:
>
> OK here's the scoop.
>
> First pollinated plant - 1st pumpkin blew up. - 2nd pumpkin blew up. plant
> terminated.
>
> Second Pollinated Plant - 1st pumpkin blew up - 2nd pumpkin getting there -
> a current personal best but I go away for the first time all summer and
> the moles/mice put about 80-100 teeth marks at the 4 " height around the
> base of it last Sunday. put fungicide/insecticide and moth balls around it
> and covered er back up, should last another 10 days.
>
> Third pollinated plant - grew slowly - terminated at 550 lbs. carved it
> Sept 13 face attached as jpg file.
>
> Fourth pollinated plant - split - moved pumpkin to neighbors patch as a
> joke.- 80% of plant terminated including stump. unintentionally grew a 205
> lb pumpkin in the discard pile and when the fair came around filled er with
> 110 lbs of water and told the boys I thought she might weigh heavy. We had
> a good laugh.She weighed 325lbs full drained er then weighed 205 empty.
>
> Squash-1st pollinated blew up Threw it in the pool then carved it next day
> - lasted about a week- 2nd pollinated blew up- growing three small ones for
> seed about 30-40 lbs.
>
> Fifth pollinated Pumpkin Plant. late starter but my biggest plant ever.
> Pollinated July 18th. and later- grew three pumpkins which by the fair time
> weighed in at 1800+ lbs. total . Took the biggest to the fair 658 lbs. took
> second prize. Sold the second one out of the patch for display and it
> weighed 683 lbs. a week later - a personal best. - third pumpkin still on
> the vine and growing slowly.going to keep this one for a while. Boy what a
> plant - I wonder what would have happened if I had grown only one. probably
> would have blew it up.
>
> three watermelons at about 20" long and seem to be pretty heavy still
> growing. 1st time growing these.
>
> Grape plants - 3 - just about ready to harvest for wine- won 1st prize at
> the fair for Dry White Wine. Then we drank the bottle.
>
> What am I gonna do when winter comes?
>
> Bob
>
> PS the other boys and gals around have some pretty big ones still on the
> vine.
>
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