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canal winchester ohio

With my pumpkin season coming to a abrupt end. " there,s always next year right" . I turn my attention to my other project Big Zac tomatoes. The plants are about 8' tall with 40-50 fruit all about baseball size. I,ve posted a picture to give you a idea........Paul

7/31/2001 7:00:12 PM

Long Island,New York

Woah !. Did I miss something? Paul...what happened?.......G

7/31/2001 10:19:47 PM

Greencastle, PA

what happend? that's terrible! what could do such a thing?

7/31/2001 11:18:09 PM

canal winchester ohio

Well it,s like this the pumpkin was growing good between 15-20 lbs a day. Then for 4 days we had a heat index of 130-145 degrees , actual temp. 90-95, high humidity. The pumpkin kept growing through the heat. The day the heat broke we got a bad storm 3" of rain in 1 hour & very high wind. Everything got blown over but that didn,t worry me because I know it always comes back up. It did come back up & everything looked well, but 2 days later the pumpkin only gained 11 lbs , the next day 8 , then 5, then 3. you get the point, & since I can only have 1 plant " GAME OVER" . My brother is thinking of growing some seeds from my 353 lb squash next year " I think it,s a good seed " . So with the rest of the season I,m going to grow a 353 to see what kind of plant it could be ( vine size ,# of fruit on plant ,ect. ) Do not care about getting a large fruit just testing the seed. I,m going to post it in my diary . Humor me I can,t go the rest of the season doing nothing. Wish me luck.....Paul. ..P.S. the fruit I got off my plant goes 185 lbs. It is a cross between a mombert 934 & holland 945 I,ll pass out seeds if anyone wants some . I think it,s a good cross......Paul

8/1/2001 5:57:31 AM

Long Island,New York

Sorry to hear of the disaster Paul...I kinda looked to you as a comrad in the backyard vs 12 plants on a farm lopsided hobby we are involved in. Backyards, 1 small plant and a pollinator, is a tough situation where one bad break,mistake or bum seed and its over...Fear not, I'll be reading about the 353 with much interest.good luck....Glenn A

8/1/2001 4:27:12 PM

Buffalo, NY

How 'bout trusting your brother & growing your own seeds this year to see what your seeds' potential is? Until frost or Halloween that is. I'd be interested.

Mark

8/1/2001 9:49:48 PM

Ga.

hey huff,,anything I can do to prevent blossom drop?????

8/8/2001 10:45:59 AM

Greencastle, PA

are the seeds from your 185 mature? I have also been looking for squash seeds if possible can you ship some of your 353's of with the other seeds. Thanks,
Tom

P.S. I am on a quest for a couple of 900.5 Lyons if anyone was inf on where a can find some please e-mail me. Thanks,
Tom

8/8/2001 11:01:01 AM

canal winchester ohio

Once the 185,s are dried I'm going to test the germ. Also I will send you some 353,s . Hey Glenn here is another squasher to-be.........Paul

8/8/2001 5:07:37 PM

canal winchester ohio

To prevent blossom drop feed it 5-10-40, it will help.......Paul

8/8/2001 5:08:33 PM

Greencastle, PA

I'm also a squasher to be

8/8/2001 5:37:07 PM

canal winchester ohio

Tom , you were the one I was refering to. I'm crossing over to the dark side next year ( dark green that is)..Paul

8/8/2001 6:02:13 PM

Ga.

why are you changing over Tom,,,burn out on big pumpkins????????Thanks for the post...5-10-40 it is..

8/8/2001 7:35:26 PM

Greencastle, PA

jeff,
no, I'll be a squasher and a pumpkiner.

paul,
When were you refering to me?
Tom

8/8/2001 8:01:37 PM

canal winchester ohio

In the post above that starts out " once the 185,s "....Paul

8/8/2001 8:50:23 PM

Greencastle, PA

oh, I as lost there for a while. Thanks,
Tom

P.S. I've got some good news about a 900.5 lyons...

8/9/2001 8:21:39 AM

Charlotte, North Carolina

Squash are yummy.

8/10/2001 9:15:29 PM

Greencastle, PA

even the giants?

8/10/2001 11:57:04 PM

canal winchester ohio

Picked my first red Big Zac tomatoe this week 2 lb. 1 oz.
I didn't sucker the plants , just let the plants grow huge" I topped them off when they reached 8' high".
Found out there is a tomatoe festival down the road on Sept. 3rd they pay $100 a pound for the biggest tomatoe. If I had knew this I would have suckered the plants " Oh Well you know I will do this next year. I presently have about 40 tomatoes on my 3 plants that go over a pound, 8 over 2 lb. & about 3-4 that I know is over 3 pounds.
Now that I know about this festival they better be ready for the years to come.
Is anyone else growing these & how are they doing........Paul

8/19/2001 3:40:04 PM

Greencastle, PA

I might grow them next year now that I see how well they're growing

8/19/2001 6:57:55 PM

Buffalo, NY

Hey huff, how do they (the fruits) look? Are they uniform or weird lookin? I read in the catalog to get rid of off looking seedlings since these wouldn't be true. Did you go thru all this trouble?
I stopped growing the record-holder Delicious 2 years ago because my friends & neighbors were afraid of the ones I gave them...

Mark

8/19/2001 10:51:52 PM

canal winchester ohio

Mark,
Fruit looks fine except for the bottom , a little misshapen. As far as off seedlings, I started 12 seeds, planted 3 and passed out 9 . All 12 plants are producing somewhat the same.
I am absolutely planting these things again next year........Paul

8/20/2001 7:10:44 AM

Ga.

paul,,,,anyway I could get a couple 353'seed??Email me...Thanks,,Jeff

8/20/2001 9:01:36 AM

Greencastle, PA

jeff,
the 353's are great seeds!

8/21/2001 4:30:15 PM