Re: The Sheet
John, I use a several sheets on the pumpkin inside the tents. My thought
is it helps keep the pumpkin warm at night and growing longer into the
morning. I also use blue tarps to help keep the pumpkin warmer. My thought
is a warm pumpkin is a happy pumpkin. Cantalouping is a normal maturing of
the fruit and really can't avoided.
I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up on your updates on Quasimodo. What was
your pollination date and how many inches is it growing ott per day?
Jon
At 10:58 AM 8/15/00 EDT, you wrote:
>George mentioned that he places a sheet over his pumpkin while the pumpkin
is
>in the shade-shelter. George, and any other sheeters, do you find that this
>reduces cantalouping, the lines and cracks cause by rapid growth, on the
>fruit? The reason I ask is that I have one fruit, which grows in shade from
>2PM on each day, which I have covered with a sheet rather build a sun shade
>hut, and it has a very beautifully, unscarred surface. Of course it is not
>growing like Quasimodo, but nevertheless....
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