Re: Jozee: the autopsy

Scott,

I think I would use the Plywood and Styrofoam but lay down a good layer of
Rat Poison under the Plywood instead of the Screws. I don't think the Screws
would bother them. At least they will get a mouth full of Poison.
Bob T.

Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES3.bankofny.com wrote:

> fellow pumpkineers, more extremely bad news.  the autopsy was performed
> last night, and much to my dismay,  i discovered that indeed it was a
> rat, or a bunch of mice that bored a hole through the bottom of my
> beloved Jozee. The hole they made created a long 18" crack along the
> bottom.   It almost looked like a bowtie, without the tapered edges.
> Not only that, but i figured oh well, my pumpkin is gone, at least i'll
> have the seeds..  HA!!!!  that damn vermin ate every single one except
> for 17!  so all i have to show for my efforts is a 700 lb rotted pumpkin
> and 17 seeds.  The smell was absolutely incredibly disgusting.  i don't
> even know if the seeds were viable.  i'm drying them anyway.  but i
> don't want to populate the pumpkin world with seeds that i don't know
> will work.  sorry every body.  this was a great pumpkin.  the walls were
> 12-13" thick and tapered down to 8" at the blossom end.  I never
> actually finished the bathroom scale combined chunk weight, too much
> weight was lost through the bottom.  i weighed a rib and a half, from
> about 12" above the stem back to the blossom.  the rib and a half
> weighed 115. lbs.  if i calculated the rest of the ribs weigh the same,
> i come up at 680 about.  and the 12" circumference around the stem puts
> me probably somewhere in the 700# range, pretty much right on the money
> with the charts, perhaps a little over.  My dissapointment is unreal.
> my only consolation the fact that my town newspaper finally made it to
> my house to take my picture with my pized pumpkin just before the
> autopsy.    In any event, while i was brainstorming about my situation,
> i had an idea. i think i may have found a solution to critters burrowing
> underneath.  Perhaps someone has thought of this already, however, i
> haven't heard of it, and since it came to me last night, i'm going to
> share it with the rest of you.  I was thinking to take a piece of 1/4"
> plywood, and drill screws in it, essentially creating a bed of nails.  a
> 3'x4' piece of wood would probably be adequate.  anyway, place the
> board, screw side down under the pumpkin, and put another piece of
> plywood between the pumpkin and the bed of nails. or i guess you could
> use styrofoam, so the heads of the screws don't make an indentation on
> the pumpkin.  anyway, if something comes up underneath, they get a face
> full of screws.  i know it's cruel, but it just might work.  anyway, i
> have another pumpkin thats okay, it's about 300 #  i grew it in only 64
> sq ' .  it has a nice orange color, and very big shoulders.  the ribs
> aren't especially deep, but there are a lot of them.  it's shape is very
> similiar to castellucci's 682.  It came from a self pollinated dills
> 750.  which i have been unable to locate the lineage for.  i'm gathering
> he didn't grow it on location.  anybody with any info?  in any event,
> i'll be more than happy to share some of those seeds with anybody.  good
> luck to all!!!
>
> scott armstrong
> 869 n. fletcher ave
> valley stream ny.  11580
>
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