Re: Planting Early

Ok I live in Los Alamos NM the location 35:48:14N 106:12:38W and the elevation is 6365 feet.  I am farther south than most growers, but the altitude is very high so it is cooler and we are in zone 5.  In the winter it is very rare for it ever to get below 0 and in the summer it never goes much above 100.  As you get closer to the equator the days are more even length through the summer and winter so our days are shorter than most growers days, but we only have about 10 cloudy days in a summer.  I don't know how much shorter our days are.  Is this a problem? Should I be using misters in the summer? Is there anything that can be done to keep a fruit from rotting or slow down the rotting?

Michael
Goal for 2001 376 NM State Record

  Lyle Rockwell <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com> wrote:

I dont know which Zone has the most 1000 pounders, but the border of NY
and PA (Zone 5) saw 2 1000 pound pumpkins within a 40 mile drive.. Bill
Bobier 1025 and Kevin Brown 1007 both grew big ones, with several
others checking in (I live central between the two growers, and had 771
and 679 pounders on the same plant).
According to Don Langevin's book, How TO Grow World Class Giant
Pumpkins II, the length of day for sunlight is a major factor in pumpkin
growing.. Too far south, it is too hot, too far north, it is too cold...
Central of that you will find max sunlight, moderate temps for a longer
duration without jepordizing burning up or freezing out the plants as
those aforementioned risk daily..
The lattitude line of 42 - 45 degrees is optimum for pumpkin growing...

Heading to Rhode Island.. Happy Easter to all..



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