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Friday, February 18, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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gonna change my early plant to the 1247 handy. i
purchased another 1247 from the CWPA silent auction
and will now have one to spare incase i run into problems
with the April weather or the plant itself. i really want
to use the 1247 as a male pollinater later on especially
with it 801.5 stelts genes. the 1247 itself was very
long and orange with green patches. its only sizable
offspring i know of, the 1109 larue, was the identical
shape along with one that coondog from this site grew too.
i am hoping this long and tall tendency along with the 801.5
genes will cross nicely with the 842 eaton with its
thick wall traits and its 846 genes. and the
735 pukos x 1247 will hopefully produce large orange long
kins and and reintroduce more 801.5 genes.
i am done with saying my line up is set, because the
closer planting season comes, the more i think, (trouble),
and the more i change my mind. i am gonna buy some soil
heating cables to help keep the early plant on track
and will experiment with them later under a pumpkin
itself, with the cables under the styrofome to help
keep consistent 70 degree temp warmth to work along
with blankets. this experiment will be done on one
kin only. i will at least put it in place to use only
if we have another cold spell in the summer, but i would
really prefer to leave it on during the entire fruit
growth stage to see the positive or negative effects.
getting up the nerve to try it the whole fruit growth period
is hard since i plan on growing 4 plants, with one pumpkin
per plant.
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