Re: city water

I would say that city water "might" be an issue... it just depends on
your local water. You might want to contact the municipal water office
and find out the pH.

In a Holland video a few years back, Fred Calai makes this point. Apparently
his city water was terrible (confirmed by the local water operator) so he
went to a rain collection system and that is when he started having
success.

Regards, Cliff


From: "Gene McMullen" <mcmullen@crtelco.com>
Reply-To: pumpkins@hort.net
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Subject: Re: city water
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:35:25 -0500

Joe,
            I am an urban grower and use city water all of the time when I
water , I have produced a  933 and a 895 lb pumpkins. I believe your soil
has alot more to do with it then your water supply, these pumpkins were
produced with a unproven seed .  Good Luck the rest of the year !
Gene McMullen
Streator, Illinois
"Build the soil and they will grow"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy & Joe Hannemann" <knottyc@comcast.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: city water


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy & Joe Hannemann" <knottyc@comcast.net>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:36 PM
> Subject: city water
>
>
> > Hi to everyone.
> > Does anyone know if there has been any large pumpkins grown using city
> > water?
> > My largest is about 350 and still growing but compared to what I saw
this
> > weekend on our patch tour
> > it seems that I'm way behind. I know that the standing joke is..."it
must
> be
> > something in the water", but
> > I am beginning to think that it is the city water and all of its
> additives.
> > Anyone have any thoughts on this?
> > Good luck to all at the scales.
> > Joe H.
> >
> >
> > ---
>
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