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Roanoke Il

My question is how long are your plants and when did they germinate and how has your weather been this spring?
my 841 is 16 feet long 13 foot, 10 foot side vines- apirl 1
1048 5 feet long, 1 foot side vines 26th of apirl
974.5 eaton 4 foot 6 inch sidevins 26th of apirl
secound 841 5 foot 8 inch side vines 26th of apirl
943 mac 5 foot 16 inch side vines apirl 15th
the rest of my plants are between 2-3 feet started in the first week of may.
the weather has be poor highs have been in the 60-40 rained in 3 out of 4 days since may 1. thanks mark

6/7/2001 7:22:04 PM

Liverpool , England

Yo Kram,
1026 Holland...5'7"...789 Zunino...5'2 1/2"...after 36" of main snapped off when the vine laid down to grow along the ground...841 Pistono...3'1" and the rest a few inches behind.....all started 29th April....all up in 4-5 days...weather been sunny with bits of rain...cold wind for past week...but all plants in mini-greenhouses..

Alun

6/7/2001 7:43:42 PM

western Kentucky

My 769 Wentzell is 2'6''(main vine) started about the 5th of may. And I have one about one inch tall that sprouted about an hour ago.
Justin
P.S. I kinda got a late start, but it is for Halloween so it should produce a pumpkin before then.

6/7/2001 7:58:03 PM

Greencastle, PA

My best is a 649 dill around 8 feet long, germinated mid-april

6/7/2001 7:59:56 PM

CT

I am the shorty here. 2ft long started April 24 (684 Armstrong) I have learned a lot .

6/7/2001 8:19:09 PM

Kentucky - USA

Shorty here too. 30 inches long and they are just now starting to run. They are 5 weeks old. The weather has been rain rain rain rain...hehe

6/7/2001 9:58:19 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

I am not sure what particular seed I have, because I bought them out of Gurney's Catalog, But I started them middle of April and my 1st plant is 3 1/2 ft long, and the 2nd one is only about 2 ft. The weather has been nice and warm so hopefully they will take off soon.

6/7/2001 11:56:56 PM

Choctaw, OK

876.5 Lloyd 4 feet long
788 wentzell 3 feet long (huge leaves!)
825 shymanski 4 1/2 feet long (very thick vine!)
616 corkum 2 foot vine(thick)...and has a female blossom already!
535 Lloyd 2 foot vine (nice thick vine)
655 Johnson 4 foot vine (growing better than expected)
772 creuziger 3 foot vine
762 Neuville 2 foot vine

Weather, same as Mark....been crappy...starting to get a little better now. I don't remember when my seeds germinated.

Casey

6/8/2001 12:55:50 AM

Rexburg, Idaho

Zehr 963; 42 days since germinating(April 27) is 8 1/2 feet long. First female bud appeared today.
Mombert 867; 41 days since germinating is 7 1/2 feet long.
Shymanski 825; 42 days since germinating is 6 feet long.

6/8/2001 9:18:50 AM

South Hill, Virginia

275 Desrosiers germinated 4/15 is about 15 feet long. 788.6 Dopp germinated 5/1 is about 4 feet long. We have had an unusual amount of rain so far this summer but fortunately we did not have the extended cold weather that some of you did.

6/8/2001 10:56:53 AM

Rush, NY

I don't have any runners. The runners are coming but most are 12 to 14 inches from ground to tip. The high temps for 2 weeks until June 7 were between 54 and 65 degrees and plant growth was at a snails pace. The past 2 days had high temps of 70 degrees. This coming week we may see 80 degrees. I germinated the seeds on May 3. I'm not concerned as there is still time to have fruit to pollinate in the first 10 days of July.

6/9/2001 4:22:45 PM

Mid Michigan

Started my 896 Wells in the house in a coffee can on 5-3, transplanted outside under the cold frame on 5-13...it came along pretty nice considering the cold temps, and yucky weather we had here.......now that we're in the 80's, and 90's for a week straight, it seems to be growing about 4 inches a day! It's about 7ft long now.......amazing how think the vine is. Leaves are huge....bigger than any pumpkin plant i've ever seen, but since i'm a 1st year grower, i can say i've seen 'em all, ya know?! I have some big max, and commercial Atlantic Giant plants growing too, but they just look like "normal" small plants........haven't babied them at all like the 896 Wells. ( no cold frames, and no fertilizer) It does make a difference how you baby them, doesn't it!!

6/17/2001 8:14:25 AM