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Minnesota

Just venting, I just fed my pumpkins in the morning everything looked fine, and later I looked in the afternoon, and the whole plant was decapitated, like a lawn mower or clippers just cut it off, only it was a animal, and it was a 1068 wallace seed, my favorite plant. I might have to call Joe Friday of Dragnet to get to the bottom of this, I'm actually taking it quite good. Bye Thanks

6/3/2007 2:19:49 PM

Pataskala,OH

Thats why I have a dog

6/3/2007 2:50:36 PM

Ohio

Let me ask my wife if she was in Minnesota.

6/3/2007 3:22:11 PM

North Smithfield, RI USA

Possibly woodchucks ?

6/3/2007 5:44:12 PM

Minnesota

My brother in law said it could have been cutter worms? something like that.

6/3/2007 6:59:20 PM

sevierville, Tn

either you planted late or thats one BIG cut worm !

6/3/2007 7:23:38 PM

Windham Maine

how about tracks? Droppings? Anything other than pumpmkin missing?

6/3/2007 8:11:39 PM

Minnesota

the plant was about 1 foot in hieght, the vine was about the width of my little finger, I did see a dig spot like a dog might have done, and my son might be the culpert, he said he walked back there but when he saw how serious I was he changed his mind.

6/3/2007 9:44:57 PM

addison Il

Yep it was your kid he wants all the attention his dads giving the new baby ( plant) so he killed your plant in cold blood. BEWARE LOL im just kidding.

6/4/2007 1:21:19 AM

Minnesota

If it happens again, were getting the boys from downtown, not just the local law inforcement.

6/4/2007 12:58:16 PM

Cairo, Georgia

well I had 3 of mine destroyed also, but I knew who the culprits were,,,can you say,,"dead chickens"...found out I could shoot the shotgun really well,,may take that up as a hobby!

Ally

6/5/2007 7:16:08 AM

Spokane,WA

The first year I grew my son was three and decided to scratch my pumpkin. Not a happy moment for him. If you ask him to this day what will happen if he "hurts the pumpkin." He says "you'll kill me." The nice thing is I can laugh at it now. Time will heal.

6/5/2007 2:16:40 PM

southwest MO

Time for chain link and video cammeras...

6/5/2007 4:34:24 PM

Minnesota

You should know that a 1068 Wallace requires extreme protection in the patch. Motion sensors, Barbed wire, retractable dome, Soft music, a full weather station tied into your control room with a live video feed in case of intrusion. Without these measures bad things can happen as you described above... PS. I can build this for a 1068 Wallace for next year if you'd like me to try it out... Sorry about your plant.

6/5/2007 4:39:29 PM

Greensburg Pa

Good sterdy vence cured all my woes. I had problems with deer, rabbits, big old ground hog. Check out the gallery for my posting of Fort Garden. Ignore all the partial and miss spelled words. I's still getting this typin stuff down.

6/5/2007 8:55:46 PM