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canal winchester ohio

I've been reading some past & present diaries trying to get a read on my 845 plant & fruit. It seems my plant is normal as the vines are thick & rigid making them hard to work with. And the fruit is young & growing ( 9 days 18" circ.), my question is do any of you that are growing the 845 or those of you that have grown it in the past experience slow growth in the early stages of the fruit? Looking back in Ben's diary from last year it seemed his done the same thing.
If you don't feel comfortable answering here feel free to e-mail me privately.
Thanks.............Paul

7/21/2003 7:43:28 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

hey paul, my 845 was a slow starter right from the start..when it started to vine it only grew sec vines on the left side only,it has a huge main (thickness) but snap when it hit the 12 ft mark..when it was reaching for the sky 1 morning and the vines are brittle also..fruit still young let you know in a couple days...it did produce a 7 lober but it aborted..

7/21/2003 9:21:52 PM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Hey Paul, my 950.4 (845 self) is low starting fruits as well. Expecting it to begin grow fast soon. Hope so.

7/22/2003 1:34:06 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Huff,
My 513 White (845 self)was slower to 10 days 21".Then it took off and got a lot rounder as well.

7/22/2003 4:39:38 AM

Commack, NY

Paul, i would say my plant was pretty much garbage.....vines growing up, everthing rigid, broken main at 19'......fruit growth has been slow to average as compared with previous fruits in my patch. It is slightly slower than the 723 fruit i grew last year so far, but, slightly faster than the 814 i grew in 2001. Time will tell i guess, these early days dont mean much if you cant pack it on in august.
Scott

7/22/2003 9:01:18 AM

Nova Scotia

my fruit this year started very slow for the first 10 days then went nuts with 3, +40lbs day. but mine was not the bobier

7/22/2003 9:07:18 AM

White Plains, NY

Mr. T.

What were the number of growing days and how large was your fruit when it did 40+?

Thanks, Capt.

7/22/2003 9:42:35 AM

Nova Scotia

it started the 40's on day 28 and was about 300lbs. my diary has full spreed sheet at the end.

7/22/2003 10:35:26 AM

Columbus Ohio

Paul
My 845 plant was slow to start but now I have a set on it that is at 21" in 8 days. The plant took a month to get going but now looks good.
Let me know if you would like to see it some time.
John
Columbus Ohio

7/22/2003 10:54:26 AM

derry n.h u.s.a.

Paul i just posted two pictures of my 845,as it seems a bit slowwwwwww compared to others i have growing,also kinda dull looking and ribby for its age and size.Both 723's i,ve grown in the past have been average for day 10 20 and 30 low 20's on day 10 low 60's on day 20 and 100 an some small change on day 30,but neither of them ever looked like this one on day 17.Tell me its not maturing? any thoughts would be welcome.John

7/22/2003 3:05:13 PM

Nova Scotia

john g. i saw your's just now and i hate to say it but it looks like crap to me. almost looks like it may be aborting. if i were you i'd kill it in favor of any other fruit on the plant.

7/22/2003 3:22:07 PM

derry n.h u.s.a.

You could be very right Mr.T.I have 1 other fruit on it was pollinated 2 days ago on the 20th,will have to adjust the vine and see what happens.Normally by this time wouldent most pumpkins be growing 5 to 6 " in circ a night?

7/22/2003 3:44:47 PM

Nova Scotia

on day 17 mine starting going 6" circumfrence a day

7/22/2003 3:53:39 PM

canal winchester ohio

Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate it very much, and John thanks for the invite I have vacation in a week & a half so I'll probably see you then. Now for the depressing part. This was the only fruit on the plant, not by choice mind you but everytime a female was about to bloom the vine would break. This has to be the thickest most ridgest plant I've ever seen & I've lost at least 8 females to snapped vines. Well the fruit that I had going was growing steady & I didn't fertilize a bit but when I woke up this afternoon it had exploded thus now I'm fruitless:(
It's not the end of the season though as this plant grows like a madman & I'm going to TRY to get a few vines to the ground so I can pollinate a few females by the end of July to the first of August.
That's about it.......Paul

7/23/2003 4:36:57 PM