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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
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OkieGal
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Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
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Nopic. I was going to wait, but I'll do this now and post our 11th weighoff stuff later.
1018 Langevin (1450x1502 Wallaces) x 1009 Young (588 Young x 500 Northrup) .. vine survived 105F and a lot of wind and didn't shut down as fruit was still in growth. Still going. Vine was VERY supple at blossom set, could easily manipulate into pretty severe curves to get away from fruit's future high shoulders.
Fruit turned into pale blobby cantaloped bell thing. Growth backed off but everything in did at a point, looks like soil problem. This one did like to abort, it dropped the first fruit at about 35#, and a backup after this one at 8 days.
Fruit had good wall thickness and smelled VERY fruity/cantalope and was very juicy, unlike most pumpkins. Taped 325# and weighed 324 two days after harvest and no vine enders to keep moisture in. Wall was good, seed production wasn't great and most sprouted! (especially sun side) from displaying for a few days. Was showing a few parallel to ground deep wall cracks inside (cauliflower/calcite knobby lined) at the blossom end. Would have probably split if it had grown aggressively, est 6-800 pound range.
Would grow this seed (1018) again? No. Only fruit- 324 H. Rebel
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