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how much farther ahead would i be if i kept a clone all winter and planted it in the spring, than if i just started a seed in the spring?

8/20/2005 3:05:22 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Clones are kept for pollination reasons. Say you have a seed that threw a 1446 pounder or was 37% over the chart. As far as a plant goes clones(cuttings) kept over winter can be a pain with diseases. If I had a choice a seed would be my answer.

8/20/2005 8:59:47 PM

Canada

Agree, I tried it last winter and the plant grew well indoors till put outside then the growth got stunted and it died. starting a seed is way eaiser

Dave

8/21/2005 1:25:01 PM

Long Island,New York

If you care for your clone properly, after the initial "acclimation" if it was a good plant to start with it will recover. My 935clone from last year is an animal.

8/21/2005 2:09:24 PM

Ohio

ummmmmmm hey G, I never read anything about a 935 in your diary,,,,Uhhhhhh huh!!! So YOU ARE SAND BAGGING!!,LOL

Woodchucks,squirrels,and a aligator huh?,phfffffft!

Your Diary makes me laugh my ash off G,its like everything you grown this year something happens to it. And the ones that are still growing Im wondering what funny way its going to die next,LOL I know your having a bad year but atleast you have a sence of humor about it.

Keep your diary rolling G, hahaha
Brooks

8/21/2005 10:03:30 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Brooks G has a Doctorate in Sandbagging.

8/22/2005 8:03:32 AM

Long Island,New York

Laughing keeps me from crying Brooks.The 935clones were planted at home and at the farm. At home I planted it in the shade end of the patch just to keep it alive. The shade has allowed it to acclimate the low-light leaves developed in the basement. The farm has treated the clone like any other plant there and its not happy. When I pulled all the plants out at home due to critter damage and no fruit I left the clone (duh!) and a second plant. The second plant had fusarium signs and since it was a Sunday and I wanted to keep a living sample to get diagnosed I left a plant. Well, the 935 took advantage of the new space and has grown like crazy.I haven't watered but twice and it seems to have held the disease in check. Still no fruit though...thats puzzling. Plants look fine now...old leaves are long gone but new growth looks awesome. Seasonal disease?

8/22/2005 2:27:34 PM

Long Island,New York

Now you went and did it Brooks. My giant carrot started to rot....6lbs-6.4oz

8/22/2005 8:06:45 PM

Ontario, Canada.

I grew a clone this year as Shannon describes above for the genetics. It turned out to be the best plant of my 14 growing plants and set fruit on June 25th. It was an early plant for the season up here considering it was placed only in a cold frame all spring. I cut all the leaves down on Aug 11th just after a blossom end split on the only remaining fruit. It has now begun to regenerate among the buckwheat cover crop I threw in last week. I may keep a portion of it for the winter.

My first exp. with a clone has been overall very postive.

555 Landry 05, 695*clone x sib x sib x self...

8/24/2005 4:03:25 PM

Utah

PhD ...
Pile (it) high & Deep !

8/24/2005 4:18:39 PM

Long Island,New York

Oh stop ! I'm blushing !

8/24/2005 8:05:06 PM