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Monday, March 05, 2018 The Pumpkinguru Cornelius, Oregon

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I talk a lot about what I put on my pumpkins. Well here is a picture of the results of something I won't be putting on ever again. Mutagens. For a couple years I experimented with mutagens, both applied to plants at seedling stage and then after they began to runner out. First they were dangerous to work with and well, the results were, um, unpredictable. There was the pictured 4 pumpkins on one main stem (got 3 of the 4 to pollinate), and another was a little over 600 pounds but was solid through and through...sadly it had no seeds... or is that sad? Fortunately none of the plants rose up and starting negotiating the terms of my surrender and assimilation
 



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