Re: Question from German Grower
What part of Germany? I would start it in the high organic part and let it
go from there.
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Reiss" <GPR-hip@t-online.de>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: Question from German Grower
> Hello everybody and greetings from Germany!
> Now as the pumpkin growing season is only one more month away I am already
> preparing my patch and I am thinking of different possibilities of where
to
> plant my seedling into the patch. This difficult decision is the reason
why I'm
> writing to the list today.
> Here is my problem:
> The first part of my patch has only very poor soil ( lots of stones; sand;
> little organic material ) but gets a lot of sunshine ( from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m.).
> The second part of the patch has great soil ( lots of compost, manure,
rotted
> covercrops ...) but is shaded for several hours in the afternoon due to a
large
> tree in my neighbour's garden.
> Now my question is if it would be better to train the primary main vine
which
> will have the pumpkin on it to grow in the first or in the second part.
> If I let the primary main vine grow into the first ( sunny ) part of the
patch I
> will train the secondary main vines to grow into the second part.
> If I let the primary vine grow into the second ( sometimes shaded ) part I
will
> train the secondary mains to grow into the first part.
> Which of these two possibilities do think is better in order to get a
large
> fruit? Any thoughts?
> Is the primary main vine more effective in collecting solar energy /
nutrients
> for the pumpkin as the secondaries?
> Of course I will also bury all vines regardless of the quality of the
soil.
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Martin Reiss
> Germany
>
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