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Roanoke Il

As the growers in the mid west have noticed that there has been no sun plenty rain, and cool temps for the past 6 days. Has anyone notice the thickness of there vines are almost double the normal thickness. My 841 the vine thickness has almost doubled since the cold weather, only about 2 feet of growth in the past week. mark

6/5/2001 6:09:50 PM

Lake Stevens, WA, USA

Im in the northwest, but our weather has been about the same and I have noticed the same thing. The leaves are getting really big and the stems are getting pretty beefy.

6/5/2001 6:49:31 PM

canal winchester ohio

I have 2 plants growing a mombert 934 & a holland 945 both have thicker than normal stumps . I thought it might be they both have the same genetics ( mombert 567.5 x lloyd 935). But it might be the cool weather...........Paul

6/5/2001 6:51:36 PM

western Kentucky

We have had alot of rain lately, but it has been warm and mostly sunny the last couple of days. My plants has the big leaves also (some 12" across). My plant hasn't started to vine yet, the stalk is about 8" tall and stands straight up. The stump is about an inch thick at the base. I don't know if this is abnormal, but I had the measurements handy and just thought that I would share.
Is this normal?
Justin

6/5/2001 7:21:37 PM

canal winchester ohio

I don't really know what is normal but the leaves are 22" across main vine is 4 ft and the stump is 6 1/2" in circumference............Paul

6/5/2001 7:30:51 PM

Western Pa.

Paul,

Tell me more, this is gettin me excited!

kilr

6/5/2001 7:55:56 PM

Liverpool , England

Yo Kram,
Give me back my rain, except for a couple of hours last week I've not had any. Its been sunny and sunny and errr more sunny.841 just started to vine, nice thick stem to boot.
Nula

6/5/2001 8:12:45 PM

Greencastle, PA

my leaves are 18- 20 inches across on the 649 dill, the vines are about 1 inch thick, I have a female flower too, it's 7 feet away from the stump about 7 days from opening. the plant is very green also!
Tom

6/5/2001 8:25:27 PM

Kentucky - USA

That must be common this year for pumpkin vines. All of mine have big fat stems. Maybe a big stem will mean a big pupmkin..hehe


Tim

6/5/2001 10:35:13 PM

Deer Park, WI

Hmmmm, there may be something to this. The weather man said we are having the worst summer start in 100 years here in WI. and MN. Average Temps have been around 55 degrees, which is 20 below the Normal average. Super.

6/6/2001 9:00:38 AM

Midway City, California

Have any of you stopped and Looked at that Beautiful full Moon that we are having now. On the west coast at Beautiful Huntington Beach we are having High Tides two to three feet above normal from the Gravatational Pull of the Moon. Can the same force be working on your plants? No Ocean to Pull on maybe it is pulling on your Pumpkins.

6/6/2001 5:40:55 PM

western Kentucky

We want be able to see the moon for another hour at least... But when it rises I will make sure to check it out!
Justin

6/6/2001 6:31:48 PM

western Kentucky

It is 8:38 here and I still can't see the moon, but I live in between two really big hills... they must be blocking my view. Oh and being one sixth of a world away probally doesn't help a whole lot... hahaha

Justin

6/6/2001 9:45:02 PM

Kentucky - USA

Hi again.. This reminds me of something else that is kind weird this year. They was very few dandelions in people yards. We usually have gobs of them around here but clover has seem to taken it's place. Has anybody else noticed anything like that?


TAdams

6/6/2001 11:04:21 PM

Greencastle, PA

yeah, there are a ton of clovers, now that you mention it, I was thinking about all of the clovers I saw today. There are NO dandilions, it's very stange?

6/7/2001 12:07:23 AM

Long Island,New York

They're all in my front yard....help yourself..........G

6/7/2001 8:47:34 AM