RE: too big for the pots


How warm is your soil?  I've planted in mud before, wearing gum boats.
Nasty job, but mud washes off.  Making sure your soil temp is good would be
my concern.  I am in no way a pumpkin expert, not like many of y'all, but I
would think the sooner you can get them out of the pots, the less shock they
will go thru.  You know how long it takes a root bound flower to bounce back
once you cut open their mesh and plant them.  You know, the ones you pick up
at Wal-Mart on clearance later in the year.  I won't plant for another month
and a half because of our long growing season.  Our fair isn't until
October.

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Diana Sigel
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 11:12 AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: too big for the pots

OK.  I need some advice. My pumpkins are up; they are growing like wildfire,
and it looks like I won't get them planted for a week because of wet garden.

Should I transplant them into bigger pots?  I started them in 4" peat pots,
and the roots are out the bottom as they emerge.  Or will they be OK in the
4"
pots?  Thanks for you help

cheers,
duchess of gladstone

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, pumpkins DIGEST <pumpkins-owner@hort.net> wrote:

From: pumpkins DIGEST <pumpkins-owner@hort.net>
Subject: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #15
To: pumpkins-digest@hort.net
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 2:01 AM


pumpkins DIGEST         Friday, April 24 2009         Volume 01 : Number 015



In this issue:

        Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #14 -2-4-D update

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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Diana Sigel <duchessofgladstone@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #14 -2-4-D update

Well.  Everything seems to be fine in the greenery department.  So we're
still
married.  It rained another 1/2" last night.  Will be days before the ground
is dried out now.

cheers,
duchess of gladstone

- --- On Thu, 4/23/09, pumpkins DIGEST <pumpkins-owner@hort.net> wrote:

From: pumpkins DIGEST <pumpkins-owner@hort.net>
Subject: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #14
To: pumpkins-digest@hort.net
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 2:01 AM


pumpkins DIGEST        Thursday, April 23 2009        Volume 01 : Number 014



In this issue:

        Honey, can you smell 2-4-D in your greenhouse?

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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:42:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Diana Sigel <duchessofgladstone@yahoo.com>
Subject: Honey, can you smell 2-4-D in your greenhouse?

As I was transplanting tomato plants into larger containers, my husband
yelled
from around the corner, "Can you smell 2-4-D in your greenhouse?"  All my
bigger tomato plants are outside enjoying sunshine and 70+ temperatures at
10:30 this morning.  The two pumpkins that have emerged (yesterday and
today)
 are in the greenhouse.  I took them out of the incubator (which is in the
house) and moved them to my little toy greenhouse.  When I said, "All my big
tomato plants are outside," the reply was, "Well, do you want this circle
driveway to grow up in grass and weeds?"

Remember this is the guy who loaded a gazillion pounds of liquid manure on
my
pumpkin patch.


cheers,
duchess of gladstone
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