RE: Fw: starting a new year

Thanks Jason. I really appreciate the info. Central CA is such a great food
producing region. I hope you get a giant this season.

Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Jason Thomas
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 4:07 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Fw: starting a new year

I'm using the misters on the foliage to prevent the serious wilting I get in
Central California. Typical afternoon in summer here is over 100 F.
Supposedly heat stress will keep a plant from growing a decent sized fruit.
Humidity is very low here in summer so I don't have to worry about
overwatering foliage as much. Misting creates evaporative cooling effect on
leaves. Using really fine misters will theoretically cool the air instead of
the leaves directly but I've heard it's best to get some water on leaves
anyway in a hot situation. My misters leak a little which gets some of the
leaves wet too.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>wrote:

> I am going to try the T-Tape setup. I assume the misters are for
additional
> water to the vines/roots? I want as little water to the foliage as
> necessary
> for fungi/mold prevention. The humid conditions here are brutal on
> cucurbits
> so we try to keep our leaves dry.....at least overnight.
> Thanks for the tip guys and gals!
>
> Steve Haberman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of
>  Philly Phil
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 1:39 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Fw: starting a new year
>
> Just finished putting in my t-tapes from Dripworks. It's an easy install
> and
>
> relatively cheap. Dripworks.com's videos are pretty self explanatory. This
> weekend I'm installing the tornado misters which is not rocket science,
and
> also
> a requirement in my climate.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 9:49:47 AM
> Subject: RE: Fw: starting a new year
>
> Jason,
> I am intrigued with the TTape. Does it install above or below the soil?
> Dripworks has it in some real affordable kits. My soaker hose works well
> but
> it is cheap and needs replaced every couple of years. The tape looks a
> little more sturdy.
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Haberman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of
> Jason Thomas
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:37 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Fw: starting a new year
>
> Debbie,
>
> I've been using the drip tape from Dripworks based on some guidance from
> Matt DeBacco at Team Pumpkin. It worked well last year. I don't know how
it
> compares expense wise to other irrigation systems. I think it is a fairly
> efficient way to get a lot of water spread out evenly, which is important
> if
> your water is metered. However in a hot climate a separate fine-misting
> system is needed. So for expense sake it might be better to go with a
> sprinkler system. If you go on BigPumpkins.com, Pete Mohr's diary from
last
> year shows his sprinklers and Matt Debacco's shows the drip tape set up.
> Also teamp-pumpkin.org shows drip tape setup.
>
> -j-
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net> wrote:
>
> > I a resending this since I don't think it went out.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> > To: pumpkin <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 6:08:29 PM
> > Subject: starting amnew year
> >
> >
> > The weather has been warming up a bit and I have been thinking about my
> > patch.
> > I'm thinking about some sort of inexpensive irrigation system and was
> > wondering
> > if anyone had thoughts or ideas.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
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