Re: Question from German Grower
Sneak into your neighbors while they're away with a
chainsaw. That should take care of your shade
problem. LOL
--- Gardening Express <info@gardeningexpress.co.uk>
wrote:
> Plant in the good soil, that's what i'd do. My
> patch gets a little
> afternoon shade, i don't think it's a very bad
> thing, but you are limiting
> your chances from the start by planting in poorer
> soil.
>
> Chris in England
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Reiss <GPR-hip@t-online.de>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Date: 01 April 2002 22:50
> 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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