Re: Another PA update
Alan:
Sorry to hear about your problems, maybe 2000 will be better.
Stay in touch.
Yours truly;
Bill Van
At 09:33 AM 09/05/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>I too have been having not so good luck here in PA. My best pumpkin
>went down yesterday at 265 OTT. Hadn't gained in about 4+ days, that's
>when I noticed the split near the ground. It was on an 815 Checkon
>plant, looked very similiar to the picture of Larry's(but much,MUCH
>smaller). I think it would have been entered as a squash due to being
>about 20- 25% green. Up until it went down it was becoming greener as
>the days went by.
>Related to the info from Barb regarding the mosaic virus. I undestand
>where she is coming from. Had an 780 Eaton plant come down with it
>early in the season (mid July). The vine was already small due to my
>intention of just running a single main and leaving the plant at 500sq
>foot max. Once the virus showed up I thought it was over for this
>plant, planned on removing it. Spoke with a few people and finally
>decided to leave the plant in and trim away the affected vines and see
>how it would do. All new growth showed signs of disease but none of the
>existing seemed affected. After trimming the disease away you could
>easily fit the plant in a 10' x 15' room. I counted about 150 leaves
>left on the plant. Not a single leaf that remains has become infected.
>The plant has a single fruit set 7/8 at 12 ft, near the terminated end
>of the vine. It by no means is a giant (only 218 OTT) but it is the ONLY
>fruit I have that is still growing. Not much to show for '99 but this
>plant has done remarkably will considering. The leaves are all showing
>signs of old age but otherwise healthy.
>Alan H
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