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Saturday, April 14, 2012
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I got off to a rough start with my Atlantic giants too. On April 9 I started 14 seeds. I planned to have them transplanted into two gallon pots then transplant into the garden sometime at the end of April early May. Here is what I planted;
-1451 Scherber
-1311 Fletcher
-1216 DeBacco
-1011 Bosworth
-1487 Desrosiers
-1176 Lombardi
-1426 Wolf
My son Ethan planted;
-1130 Marsh 08 (reverse cross of the 1239 Marsh 08)
-A seed off of his 1012 Matessa pumpkin that was not weighed last year. It was big solid and white and probably weighed around 1,000 or so. I don't even know what the cross is.
-1216 DeBacco
Well if gardening doesn't keep you humble I don't think anything will. Sure enough Only 8 out of 14 seeds germinated. That is just over 50%! Not good. I lost both my 1487 Desrosiers and both 1011 Bosworths. I think I must have given the seeds a little too much water combining it with temps in the high 80's. I successfully cooked and composted all those that didn't germinate. As growers we will never stop making mistakes but, hopefully we will learn from them and maybe with experience we will be able to know what we did wrong and how to correct it for next time.
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