Re: Question from German Grower
- Subject: Re: Question from German Grower
- From: G*@t-online.de (Martin Reiss)
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:51:50 +0200
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Hi Hugh,
I'm growing the AGs in Hilpoltstein which is a small town near Nuremberg in
Bavaria.
Best wishes,
Martin Reiss
Germany
Hugh schrieb:
> 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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