Re: Split survey (was Seed Survey)
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Split survey (was Seed Survey)
- From: b*@pacific.pacific.net (brocfarm)
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:10:56 -0800
>What I'd also like to see after all is said and done is a
>split survey.
>
>Regardless of weight, how many of our pumpkins made it and
>how many succumbed to splits? Perhaps we could isolate which
>seeds have such tendencies, or shift the blame to other
>causes.
>
>It seems to me there were quite a few splits this year.
>
>--
>Bill Verchere,
>Ladysmith, BC Canada
>
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Bill and others i did a survey last year that is in line with your thoughts
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;surveyed top 35 growers..........I wanted to know about
the ones that didn't make it to weigh-offs but were big.........it was
kinda depressing ......reading about all the mishaps.....are the odds in
favor of getting a big one to a weigh-off....NO....its hellacous....there
were some patterns.....but like most things about AG...NOTHING
CONCLUSIVE........I think splits are 50/50 genetic tendency and then the
other half the pumpkin was growing too fast some where in its
life.............to me stem splits are different as they really are
genetic.......but all the fruit splits I have experience in the past were
for some cultural reason.........or simply pollination problems......there
seem to be no simple answer except luck and experience how much to push and
when,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,brock
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