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ontario

There must be more info out there on growing these things....i have picked the brains of a couple anymore growing tips available....hard to find info on the net .???

5/24/2004 2:32:11 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

its a secret society..Just like trading seeds..Very hard group to get into without the right connections..Which I have not gotten yet..Run them up the trellis they are very low maintainence. Give them a few shots of foliar fertilizer, like you do pumpkins.

5/24/2004 5:51:20 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Oh yeah....The secret society of long gourdsmen....like skull & bones....only even more secret.....scarey too

5/24/2004 6:44:10 PM

Pulaski Tn blkcloud@igiles.net

make your trellis at least 10 feet tall, would also just grow one per vine.

5/24/2004 8:34:27 PM

Montoursville, PA

And the only seed traded won't grow! :)

5/24/2004 10:10:32 PM

ontario

some help LOL

5/24/2004 10:34:15 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Isn't there an article here or at AGGC about growing Long Gourds? I know one of the websites I haunt has one. Lemme look around.

5/24/2004 11:50:44 PM

Midwest

Wayne,.-->>>.--_-<.>--_-}{..[>"".;::.:-)..>>>>,,#!!;>><<',-.--_->..>.<>...--_<<<..->.......<.>.,.<..>/.}...{[../????
Now all you need to do is find your Long Gourdsmen Secret Society de-coder ring !!!

5/25/2004 3:42:33 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Here 's the one I was thinking about. These do dound like fun. I had a package of seeds in my hand for a while at the seed bazarre in Niagara. For some fool reason I set them down for something else.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=83

And to think, I might have sneaked into the elusive Secret Society of Long Gourdsmen! Perhaps it's not too late. Does anyone have seeds to share or trade?

5/25/2004 5:06:45 PM

Midwest

email me your address...will send asap !!Clarence

5/25/2004 5:20:51 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

Steve, got 20 long gord seeds in the works now. Nothing's germed yet, but it's still early. Will only be planting a few, so depending on success there may be some to be had.
Drop me a line if interested. Duff

5/25/2004 8:06:37 PM

Western Pa.

If you're having trouble getting those gourd seeds to germ., crack them just a little in your teeth, and make sure you soak them in a peroxide solution!

SSLG

5/25/2004 10:16:43 PM

Massillon, Ohio

SSLG.....LOL !! i think everyone that grows anything is a tad secretive (not just long gourd peoples!).

5/25/2004 10:19:58 PM

Wichita, KS

I heard that Jill belongs to the SSLG.

5/25/2004 11:08:19 PM

Saegertown Pa.

I heard Jill had a 10 foot long gord last year but she didn't want to bring it to a competition and show off. She also said last year was a bad year for long gords and hers was a small one compared to past years.

5/26/2004 5:26:01 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

lol, Quinn!!! Good one!!!!!!

5/26/2004 6:05:28 AM

Montoursville, PA

Oh my goodness...I owe the Good Fairy Gourd Godmother an appology. The dern things will germinate.

My long gords direct seeded and the seed in the germination box have both shown emergence. Folks it took three weeks in both locations. Just put them in with no busted teeth or tricky soaking, in both cases.

I now have four or five excess potted. Anyone serious about these fool gourds may call and come here for them. E me for the telephone number. The stock gourd was at 90".

5/26/2004 6:52:45 AM

Midwest

It only takes 3 to 4 days for emergence when you file and crack the very hard shell.

5/26/2004 8:48:28 AM

Western Pa.

I DID Jill! I also supplied the seeds that grew that 10' gourd, so you can believe Quinn!

5/26/2004 9:18:33 AM

Kenyon, Mn.

WK, what search engine you running?? Found scads with coppernic.

5/26/2004 1:36:42 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Did Jills 10' have any seeds or did they go to the SSLG. :) Wouldn't want Clarence to get a hold of those.

5/26/2004 5:14:05 PM

Midwest

To late Linus......Your toasted....again !!!!

5/26/2004 6:07:44 PM

Western Pa.

Linus,

Dubya had the SS (secret service) confiscate ALL seeds from the 10' gourd, that were in possession of the SSLG. I could be killed for telling you this, but Dub is planning on growing them on Mars! No matter what they tell you, Clarence didn't get any of them, but I do think Quinn got one or two!

SSHHHHHHH!

5/26/2004 7:46:03 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Thats all right as long as Quinn does not show up at Nekoosa. The plaque is mine.

5/26/2004 7:54:16 PM

Midwest

Thanks for the trade Quinn!!! :)

5/26/2004 10:19:13 PM

Utah

have you ever seen Jill and Dubya together at the same time ? Think about it !!! ... they are one in the same !

5/27/2004 9:49:56 AM

Western Pa.

G1T,
Don't be spreadin rumors!

5/27/2004 1:56:35 PM

Utah

no rumors... it's true- 113% true - how do i know? ... i read it on the internet and I also got a independent email telling me the same information ... so it must be true !

5/27/2004 2:23:37 PM

Western Pa.

Oh, contrare! If you read up a few posts, I claim that I did Jill. I didn't do Dubya, methinks he did us!

5/27/2004 3:01:43 PM

Utah

"yours" must have been a counterfeit or look a like or Jill double. trust me... I could tell you more but then i'd have to kill you !

5/27/2004 3:33:22 PM

Indiana

Hey...all this fighting over long gourds. Its not the size of the long gourd that matters, its where you take it........Stay away from me with it tho....

Tom

5/27/2004 5:55:43 PM

Pataskala,OH

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