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ny

I was sent these seeds and wondered Tom why a 455 Andrews only hit 94 pounds and these seeds were real white? I will be interested to see what comes out of these from others next year. Thank you for your generosity, my seeds are headed your way.

10/22/2003 6:05:57 PM

Greencastle, PA

the 455 Andrews seed itself is white, at least the 2 Glenn sent me were. It only hit 94 pounds for a number of reasons, the fruit was at 34.5 inches in circumference at day 10 and growing fast, but we got a really bad heat wave around day 15 that really slowed it down, it nearly stopped growing for 3 days but then started back up again. Also, i'd like to point out that it was the largest pumpkin from MD at the weigh-off in Altoona. Why don't you ask how Tom Beachy (who has grown a 1097) how his 946.5 Geerts plant grew a 21 pounder. The best explaination i can give you is simply sh!t happens.
tom

10/22/2003 7:06:08 PM

ny

Just curious what the story was!

10/22/2003 7:50:00 PM

Greencastle, PA

no problem, after reading it my post does sound a little deffensive. sorry about that.
tom

10/23/2003 11:46:21 PM