RE: virgin pumpkin grower

I would pinch my vines to allow for fruit growth. Bury them in soil to
prevent loss of moisture. As for the choice of pumpkins.....Have you ever
played poker? Watch them grow for another week or so and then choose. If you
are careful you can manipulate the vine at 90 degrees on the large fruit,
even if it is a little bit each day. Try covering the friut with a canopy of
burlap or white plastic so your fruit is not hit by direct sun. It
helps....trust me. Good luck! I talk to mine a lot it also helps. Your wife
may think you are insane but I think everything deserves a bit of praise now
and then.


Steve Haberman
Insurance Management
959 E 4th St.
Marion, IN 45952
Cell: (574) 551-5601
Email: shaberman@insmgt.com
Fax: (765) 664-0761

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
dave oldfield
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:58 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: virgin pumpkin grower

Hello
   
  I wondered if I could ask for your advice. I am e-mailing from Cheshire in
England using my husbands e-mail account. I am a virgin pumpkin growier in
need of help.
   
  I am in a competition for pumpkin growing the final date is the 17th
October 2008. Each competitor was given a seed to grow and cultivate. Well I
planted my seed and started it in the greenhouse (its cold over here) but
the plant soon grew too big, so I moved it carefully outside. A vine
sprouted and shot off down the garden and is now about 12 foot long/ It had
3 pumpkins on it, but one aborted.
   
  I now have two, one is bigger than the other but the stem is short and not
at a good angle the other is smaller but at 90  degrees. Should I keep the
biggest? Also should I put something under the pumpkins or just let them sit
on the soil? Finally what do I do with the vines, I now have two, and they
grow feet everyday, should I chop them off or cover in soil.
   
  Help!!!
   
  yours a complete - know nothing pumpking grower (but loving it!!)
   
  Chris Oldfield
  Chester
  Cheshire
  England

       
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