Re: Jozee: the autopsy
bob troy wrote:
>
> 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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Scott,
Sorry about Jozee.....At least you've had the satifaction of
getting it to 700 .. that's an accomplishment! Did you have styro under
the pumpkin? This is my second year and we've used that, and it
seems to work. The poison seems like a good idea if you don't have
pets. How did you first notice the tear? I am afraid to look too close
at our pumpkin. We estimated the last weight at about 223. If we don't
see strong ribs and muturity by 10/3 we're going to let it grow,
and go to Amagansett without it. This weekend we are going upstate
we'll see how much weight the punkie up there has gained. I 'm not
expecting good news though because last nite I learned from one of the
neighbors that the timer did not come back on when they lost power
during a storm so... the pumpkin has had no food and only rain water for
the past 2 weeks.
talk to ya!
teri from W.Islip & Ny So.tier
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