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Thursday, August 28, 2014
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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792 DeBacco ’14 (F: 1676.5 Daletas ‘12 x 220.3 DeBacco “Snowball”) OTT: 320.5”
This is my Woodstock Fair entry that I am very happy with especially, considering the conditions that I was faced with this year. Watching your pumpkin plants essentially die from a virus infection is not a pleasant sight, so for me getting anything to the scale is an accomplishment. This pumpkin went heavy for me which was a bonus to the goal of getting something to the scale.
This is a cross that I am very excited about as I think it is a great combination of two genetic lines that have proved themselves multiple times. I am going to wait and see if any other growers made this same cross and see which combination looks the most impressive on paper before making a potential selection for next year. If I like mine, I will get the seeds screened for virus to ensure that I will not be starting with infected seeds as the plant was infected, but the appearance of the pumpkin did not become mottled or distorted in anyway, which is encouraging as the pumpkin was 20+ days old when the plant became infected.
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