Re: New Grower
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: New Grower
- From: A* &* S* E* <e*@magma.ca>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:59:21 -0500 (EST)
Circleville has an annual pumpkinfest-display and local competition.Canfield
is an official Great Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC) site.Call Tim Parks at
330-533-7278 for more information.Canfield is about 145 miles NE of you,near
Youngstown.
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At 09:39 03/04/98 PST, you wrote:
>Hi, all,
> I, too, am a new grower. Located 45 miles south east of Columbus, Ohio
>(Z5-6) and would like to know where the closest pumpkin club or
>organization is located. Also, any info on weigh-offs, contests, etc.
>would be appreciated. I have been watching this list since November and
>enjoy reading the mail every night after work. I enjoy the friendly
>banter, comic postings, serious postings, and, yes, even debates on serious
>vs more personal postings. I recently recieved Don Langevin's book and
>hope to grow a HUGE pumpkin this year (yeah, right). Thanks to all for the
>advice, and GOOD LUCK to everyone!
>Lisa Shumaker
>lshumaker@fairfieldi.com
>
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>>
>>
>> HI Cori,
>>
>> i start my seeds one week before i plan to put them out.
>> if you start them too early you will stunt their growth.
>> i live in minnesota so i get mine started in a mini greenhouse once
>i
>> put them out. i usually start around mid may. i'm going to try
>> beggining of may this year. if you want some seeds i will give you
>> some if you send me a s.a.s.e. make sure its a bubble pack so the
>> seeds dont get crushed. my address is:
>>
>> Jim Kunde
>> 16615 16th st so
>> Lakeland, mn. 55043
>>
>>
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>> Subject: New Grower
>> Author: <pumpkins@mallorn.com> at Internet-Mail
>> Date: 3/13/98 10:36 AM
>>
>>
>> At the risk of sounding like a newbie, which I am, I need advice.
>>
>> I'm a gardener in Central New York, in zone 4, my yard is a
>particularly
>> cold microclimate. (I still had good daffodil leaves in August!)
>>
>> When should I start my seeds? Which catalog should I buy them from? How
>long
>>
>> do I want to grow them indoors before plantiong?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Cori
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