BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'MOpumpkins' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=44491&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'MOpumpkins'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss BigPumpkins.com http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ 03/24/2017 - with photo 2017 Soil Test. Phosphorus has always been very high. Manganese has always been very low. Some university extensions say not to add manganese if pH is over 6.5 or if OM is very high, as it will qu... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=270138 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=270138 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:58:44 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo For others, not so much. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233260 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233260 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:34:08 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo For some it's a struggle to survive. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233259 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233259 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:32:44 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo More embryo rescue. This was from {(lundelliana x maxima) X open} http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233258 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233258 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:31:04 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo Baby on my 324 Duncan (1357 Stevens X 220 DeBacco) +13% starting to take. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233257 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233257 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:27:00 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo 1079.5 Duncan (220 DeBacco X open). It went +11%. Side walls were 12 inches thick, top was 10 inches. The DeBacco was the only plant in my Springfield patch so it should be selfed. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233256 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233256 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:25:00 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo So the goal for this year is to grow 20 wild Cucurbita lines, derived from 4 species, with three replicates each. Evaluate all wild lines for disease, insect, environmental (avoidance/tolerance/resist... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233255 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233255 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:21:42 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo Immature fruit on the semi-bush. Think the "outie" would help prevent BES? http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233254 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233254 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:13:21 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo Still need more convincing? If three generations can be grown per year, and each generation is back-crossed with AGs, then it only takes 3 years for the line to be more than 99% AG. Great way to keep ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233253 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233253 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:09:39 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo This is the result of that idea. It is a semi-bush plant that grows 8 to 10 feet long with no side vines. Female flowers are abundant, and begin to form before the cots fall off. Whats so great abou... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233252 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233252 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:52:51 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo Then... an idea. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233251 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233251 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:37:47 GMT 02/03/2015 - with photo I thought there was no end in sight, just one dilemma... after another. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233250 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233250 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:33:25 GMT 02/02/2015 - with photo F1s, Atlantic Giants crossed with wild Cucurbita species, can resist PM and SVBs, but they take up a lot of space... and don't flower until late August. This makes breeding difficult. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233249 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233249 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:17:36 GMT 02/02/2015 - with photo Then there is always PM and heat damage. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233248 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233248 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:48:35 GMT 02/02/2015 - with photo The squash vine borer. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233247 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233247 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:46:27 GMT 02/02/2015 - with photo There are so many seeds, and so little space. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233246 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233246 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:42:14 GMT 02/02/2015 - with photo I face a dilemma, well several, every year. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233245 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=233245 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:39:27 GMT 11/11/2014 - with photo These are seeds from Cucurbita okeechobeensis subsp. martinezii aka C. martinezii. This species is thought to be closely related to C. lundelliana, and to my knowledge it has not been hybridized with ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231743 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231743 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:54:25 GMT 11/11/2014 - with photo These are seeds from Cucurbita lundelliana. Wild species from Mexico and Guatemala. List traits from literature review include crown rot resistance, PM resistance, and SVB resistance. Likely has heat ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231742 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231742 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:38:36 GMT 11/11/2014 - with photo These are seeds from Cucurbita ecuadorensis. It is believed to be a feral species (once domesticated), and related to Cucurbita maxima. This species is resistant to the mosaic viruses, PM, and possibl... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231741 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=231741 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:30:56 GMT