Re: Jack Be Little Pumpkin Question
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- Subject: Re: Jack Be Little Pumpkin Question
- From: A* F*
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:32:54 -0700
Jack Be Little pumpkins are about 1.5 - 2 pound pumpkins and mor round than
flat ...not quite as small as the little flat ones (munchkins about 1/2 -3/4
lb) They are nice little halloween pumpkins though! :-)
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From: Pumkinguy@aol.com <Pumkinguy@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: Jack Be Little Pumpkin Question
>In a message dated 4/2/99 5:52:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>stallcop@medford.net writes:
>
><< Hello everyone, hope all is well. I have a question. Are the Jack Be
>Little Pumpkins the kind you is sold at Halloween and Thanksgiving? The
>little ones that look kinda flatten? The instructions says to put 6-8
seeds
>in a pie size family group. What does that mean?????
>
> Judy
> >>
>Judy,
> I think they are referring to how far apart to plant them in a hill. A
>hill is a term that is often misunderstood. You don't actually have to
mound
>the soil up into a hill or mound. A hill is a grouping of seeds....as
opposed
>to planting in a row. If using the hill method of planting, you might plant
4
>or 5 seeds in a group as they mention. The groups would be spaced 10 feet
>apart in both directions. The beauty of a hill method of planting a field
is
>that you can cultivate for weeds using a tractor and cultivator, and
>cultivate in both directions. The drawback is that the 5 plants in the hill
>are sharing the same root zone and space. Most commercial growers plant in
>rows, but not all. If you have drainage problems, an actual raised bed for
>the entire plant would be good to keep the pumpkins feet out of standing
>water. Not really a hill....more like a plateau!
> pumkinguy
>
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