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Just wanted to see how everyone's 840 was doing? Anyone have a fruit set or close to it? My 840 has a main vine about 7 ft long (lost the original main) and the two longest sides are about 6 ft. Looks more like a perfect triangle than an x-mas tree...LOL! Over all the plant looks pretty good and shows no major or permanent damage from losing its primary main. I know of another that has yellow spots on his 840's leaves and i do also. Anyone else see this on their 840? It is 95 and sunny here today and the 840 is handling it well. Are the other 840 plants doing well in the heat? Mike Frantz

6/24/2003 5:40:34 PM

Alex, IN

My 840 is wilting a bit the the 90's but not much the vine is 78 inches long I will pollinate my first female in a week or so I will post pics of it. As for the side vines they are about 3 feet long. The main is growing about 7 inches per day. And yes my leaves have yellow spots to.
Good Luck

P.S. Who is still in the contest?

6/24/2003 6:04:32 PM

Massillon, Ohio

yellow here too !!!!! it was worse before than it is now though.

i have a report of no wilting in the upper 80's.

6/24/2003 7:34:44 PM

Il

Well my 840 leaves have yellow spots on the first few leaves about 5 of them, rest look good . Was 94 today with a little droop to the leaves. Shes starting to take off now main is 8', 4 secondarys the longest 4', bigest Leaves 7 of them 17" and she has 62 leaves. Looks great to me but its my first year.
John

6/24/2003 7:49:47 PM

Phoenix Az

mine is growing slow and does not look great...

6/24/2003 8:00:41 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

lost both....out of the 840 contest!

6/24/2003 8:05:33 PM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

one of mine shriveled up and disappeared.. the other is about 24"long..slow go...

6/24/2003 11:41:06 PM

Utah ([email protected])

I have 1 1/2 840s. My #1 plant had some bad wind damage this past week but is recovering well. The main is about 10' and it was really taking off! The past couple days have been clowdy and cool and growth has slowed.

My #2 plant makes the #1 look great! It got burned in the 100 degree temps of May, got eaten by a racoon, was thrashed last week in the wind storm and had a tree limb blow off and land on it... and today??? Hail! So, I have written it off except as a possible polinator.

Mike, do you have a list of handles that go with names?
Good luck everyone!
Brent W.

6/24/2003 11:58:31 PM

So. Maine

Starting off a little slow here in So. Maine, been cool and damp.840 early leaves had much yellow in them while new growth is looking good and green. Only about a 3 foot vine. May set fruit by July 10 plus or minus. Had 2 male flowers open so far.... its getting ready. Al

6/25/2003 1:09:22 AM

porterville,california usa

mine still looks like a seed, i hope. 14 days under ground. i`m hopeful it`s just shy. i`d sure hate to have to put its name on my 392.5 heeeee haaaaaw

6/25/2003 1:27:57 AM

porterville, calif.

My 840 D is growing. I had to plant the second one. Its is starting to vine. It doesn,t seem to like the heat. It has been wilting at a mild 85 to 90 degrees. I just sprouted it first, When i saw the tap root i planted it right into the ground. It still took about a week before it came up. Today it seems it has adapted to the heat. We will find out tomorrow. It is suppose to get up to 98. Greg

6/25/2003 2:07:26 AM

Michigan

my first 840 did not make it so i started a new one the first week of june and everything was going good until a deer ate it. to the whole plant roots and all. im out, good luck to those still in it.

6/25/2003 4:54:52 AM

KENTUCKY

Lost mine at beginning, and the sight of 2nd true leaf. I'm out of the contest. Good luck to all!

6/25/2003 6:58:30 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

The weather here has been terrible, yesterday finally we hit 90! my 840's vine is running around 7 feet, had to terminate one vine as the plant doubled vined on me early.

Glenn

6/25/2003 8:05:56 AM

Edmonton, Canada

My first 840 didn't germinate, so I started the second one a little late. (May 15) Despite the cool weather here, it's just started laying down it's main vine. It's has good sized leaves, (a bit of yellow in the start, but all green now) and the main stump is the thickest I've ever had at this point of the year. I'm still a bit behind, and need some warm weather to catch up.

Cameron

6/25/2003 9:10:22 AM

Alex, IN

Well the heat is on now it is already 85 here and my 840 is wilting badly so I watered it and gave it fertalizer but it does not like the heat.
Mikkal

6/25/2003 11:15:06 AM

London, Ohio

my 840 has yellow spots too one leaf almost looks all yellow it has so many on it but its growing like mad. about a 6 or 7 foot vine and lots of large leaves but no fruit yet hopefully soon

6/25/2003 11:43:18 AM

Aberdeen, SD

my 840 (round #2) is looking pretty good. nothing major to report other than it does seem to be growing well. and mike, unlike my last one, this one aint gonna die on me :)

6/25/2003 2:41:56 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

my 840 started out with lots of yellow in the leaves, has since gone away.

6/25/2003 2:55:17 PM

Mineral Virginia

Well, At first I was concerned, but now I dunno after everyone elses posts. Started out yuk; course there was all that rain. Somehow or another it did manage to produce a main and appears, in the last day or so, to be wokring on something.

Not expecting much, but I aint gonna cull it either. whatever it throws is whatever it throws.

SO I'm still in.

6/25/2003 3:39:03 PM

Rm, Tn

I measured my plant today, it is 98" long with 35" secondaries. It doesn't have many leaves but the biggest is 17" wide and 11 1/2 from the stem to tip. The first female appeared on the 20th and it is 68" from the stump. Could I use this female or wait for one a little farther out on the vine?
Could I make a suggestion? Instead of having Mike make a list of our names and handles, couldn't we just post them. I'm Dottie Baldwin and I go by Petalpicker on this web site.

6/25/2003 9:41:19 PM

porterville, calif.

Good ideal . Im Greg Chadwell. I go by Sequoia on this site.My 840 D is growing , but at this rate it will middle of July before i have anything to set. Going to be tough going.

6/25/2003 11:53:11 PM

Utah ([email protected])

Good sugestion Dottie,
I was assuming that some people don't like to put out their real name other than within the confines of the 30 or so persons in the contest.

Mike can comment, but as I understand it, some contestants were/are very picky about what is put out on the internet.



Brent Wolfley

6/26/2003 1:05:28 AM