RE: Green with envy
You answered your own question...you should have grown squash instead. (I
figured I would beat Glenn to it.)
Actually, Kathy, this is my second year growing, and I too have had
problems. Out of six plants, I have one fruit (green as a matter of fact)
over 100 lbs. I have one pumpkin close to 100 lbs. The big problem I had
this year was weather.
I 'accidentally' grew a 328 lb pumpkin last year on my lawn, but I will be
lucky to surpass that this year, even with better seeds, better soils,
better bug control, better fertilizing, better...well, you get the idea. I
think it just takes a while to get to know these plants to know how to
finesse them into producing the big ones for you. I think weather played a
big part in it this year too.
Keep it growing, hopefully you will have a couple for the front porch in
October. And try again next year...that's all we can do. Did I mention
that weather has something to do with it?
-Gus
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathie Morgan [f*@netdex.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 4:37 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Green with envy
I'm so green I could be a squash. So it's my first year, still I thought
I could almost accidentally grow a hundred pounder, having been avidly
reading these posts for 11 months, having read the two Langevin books
and the Rado guide, and having grown wonderfully healthy pie pumpkins in
the past. Six or seven wonderful experienced growers have sent me seeds,
even more than that have sent me personal replies to my queries.
Here you've all counting your growth in inches OTT for six weeks or
more, while I have ONE nice pumpkin, just larger than a basketball, and
while - unlike my two earlier fruits - has not yet shown signs of rot,
it grows no more than half an inch a day. Gosh, it's gorgeous, but is it
retarded? WHAT am I doing wrong?
Kathie
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