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Moodus, Connecticut

This is the first year I did more than just throw a few seeds in with the wife's green beans and I really learned a lot for next year. I planted in an area where the plants received different amounts of sunlight due to a few high bushes and trees. The plants I cared for the most where from seeds I bought on line and were supposed to have good genetics, the others were from the store down the street.

The well cared for plants that received less than full sun light were stunted and never grew a substancial vine while the plants from the little packet got full sun and took off like rockets.

This will definetly help with next years plants, no record breakers so far but the kids next door won't complain. Back in spring I took some of the smaller plants I didn't use and stuck them everywhere I could think of, Through out my yard, the town green, the town dump, along side the road and anyplace else I could find. About half have grown nice long vines with descent size pumkins, I heard a lady at the town dump ask a worker if she could bring her day care kids up in the fall.

8/13/2007 1:34:22 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Great story moodus!!!! Peace, Wayne

8/13/2007 4:08:22 PM

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Sun, Soil & Seeds is the ticket. Bring any fruit you have or at least yourself to the fall GPC weigh-offs to do some networking. Seeds take care of themself once you know the right crowd. Join the growers clubs too as mostly all have seed & mentor programs.

(shameless plug time)

www.ctpumpkin.org

8/13/2007 8:12:15 PM