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Southern Illinois

i am testing manure this year,i am planting 845 bobier sibb at 8 different sites of manure,beef cow,dairy cow,lamb,goat,horse,pig,rabbit,guinea pig,10 lb calcium nitrate,10 lb 18-46-0,will be mixed at each location when first planted,then each site will have the same amout of any thing i will apply threw out growing season,i will cross the 845 x 865 mettler=845 x 1092 burke=845 x 935=845 x 922.5 emmons=845 x 825.5 shymanski=845 x 723=845 x 846=845 x 780 eaton=845 x 805 pukos,if you can guess which pile of manure will grow the biggest fruit,and the closer weight of the fruit,i will send you 20 seed of each cross.

1/7/2003 10:10:52 AM

Commack, NY

Now this is the kind of thread i can really get into! LOL....btw Heavy Grower, when you make these crosses its not 845 x whatever......its the 845 sibb pumpkin, whatever that weight was. Say the seed you're growing was from David Garrell's fruit, the 821, which is the 845 x sibb. To avoid confusion among some of the new growers you might want to consider saying that you are growing the 821 Garrell, which is an 845 Bobier sibbed, and your crosses will be as follows: 821x935, 821x805pukos....or whatever else you are going to cross with it.
Scott

1/7/2003 11:43:59 AM

Southern Illinois

yes you are right,who is david garrell, you mean he has some 845 sibb,what is his e mail i would like to have a few of them,821 garrell 845 sibb,it look like david will get a few e mails,scott arent you going to take a guess and win some seed.

1/7/2003 12:17:43 PM

Western Pa.

Heavy,

I guess you're not done hauling manure yet! What about chicken, turkey, bat, ostrich, turtle, salamander, rattlesnake,deer, elk, moose, etc.,etc.,etc? Are you using equal amounts at each site? Nutrients leech out of manure, how will you make sure it's all the same "age"? Do all sites receive the same daylight & water? What about nutrients that exist already in the soil? What about comparing the manure of one animal to another of the same species(Will it vary?)? Will all plants receive the same amount of insect,mouse,deer,sun, and fungus damage? There's just too many variables here. My guess is the plant with the biggest fruit will produce the biggest pumpkin!

1/7/2003 1:19:22 PM

Pulaski Tn blkcloud@igiles.net

tO ME MANURE IS KINDA LIKE BEER.. ONLY A FEW OF US THINK THEY THEY BOTH HAVE A GOOD SMELL,THEY ARE BOTH REAL IMPORTANT TO GROWING PUMPKINS AND AS ALWAYS THE BEST BEER/MANURE THERE IS, IS FREE BEER/MANURE..

1/7/2003 1:36:18 PM

Long Island,New York

What if the biggest fruit is green Kilr?.......G

1/7/2003 2:28:08 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

Heavy - I'll take the Dairy cow.

Good Luck with all of them.

1/7/2003 2:33:49 PM

Ankeny, Iowa

I'm guessing horse.

1/7/2003 2:58:29 PM

North Ga

Rabbit, 536#s LOL!!

1/7/2003 3:48:58 PM

Key West, FL

guinea pig?? that would take lots of guinea pigs to make a substancial amount

1/7/2003 5:30:41 PM

Southern Illinois

yes i did not mention chicken i all ready have,working on deer should have enough by spring,no insect i use warrior,no mouse problem,no fungus problem with ag i use 4 different fungicides,no deer problem,and full sun,

1/7/2003 6:19:38 PM

Down Stream

I have herd "Yellow Snow" will grow a hell of a pumpkn.

1/7/2003 8:10:30 PM

Amherst, WI

Heavy, sinse I'm from the dairy state, I have to guess "dairy cow". Got milk?

1/7/2003 9:13:21 PM

Caceres, Spain

Lamb manure is Spain's favorite.

1/8/2003 12:49:01 AM

Deer Park WA

Well since I been getting all the free dairy cow doo doo I can swing, I say Chicken! Naw really free is best allways, FREE, FREE, GET it FRIGGEN FREE, hopefully they will deliver it for free! If not get your kids to load the ole nuer wagon up (If possible) ((HAA, HAAAAA, HA,)) or do it yer self it's still FREEEEE......... I love these poop threads... (Secret = aged is better........)

1/8/2003 1:32:53 AM

Western Pa.

G,

OR squash!

kilr

1/8/2003 8:42:16 AM

New Brunswick

My guess is horse.....tho' I do admit to be to be a bit onesided, (we have 3 horse type manure producers busily making the wonderful stuff right now as I type) In fact, my whole pumpkin patch consists entirely of horse manure...fresh to several years old.

1/8/2003 9:39:05 AM

Western Pa.

Behold the noble horse: Eats money and shits work!

1/8/2003 9:58:48 AM

Southern Illinois

at 1:00 every day i hop in the truck drive around to farmers house and ask for manure,i have cleand out a few barns,and i have never been turned down they are willing to get rid of for free,yesterday while out i found a 2 1/2 ton truck with good single dump for $600.00 dollars in good shape,have not bought yet trying to talk jasper in paying for half,plates alone in il cost $300.00 bucks,so every one that knows the rich mayor from belknap jasper, make him fork out some money for a manure hauler.

1/8/2003 10:15:56 AM

Tacoma, WA

Joel Holland has already compared cow manure with chicken manure. Results....No Difference!

1/8/2003 2:48:06 PM

Spanish Ontario

My guess would be SHEEP POOP per ton this is the breakdown of Nitrogen 23
Posphate 7
Potash 21.7
Ken

4/12/2003 11:39:08 AM