RE: Has anyone tried landscape fabric under the pumpkins?

My wife makes delicious pumpkin pie. She prefers the flesh of the ag. Every
year she grows a plant just to get the pumpkins for planting

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From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 9:54 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net <pumpkins@hort.net>
Subject: Re: Has anyone tried landscape fabric under the pumpkins?

Not good. I worked up a recipe that used about 1/2 AG pumpkin and 1/2
yam (very dry yam is best) for the pumpkin. By itself, AG pumpkin is
way too watery (slimy).

You may not be familiar with what happens when you put a hagfish, aka
slime eel, into a bucket of water. If you are curious, try boiling a
nice chunk of AG pumpkin for an approximation.

Kathie


On Aug 22, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Brian wrote:

> Cool ideas!  Maybe a silly question, but are these big ones any good
> for
> pumpkin pie?  Like making 600 pies for thanksgiving or something??
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of
> Kathie Morgan
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:02 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Has anyone tried landscape fabric under the pumpkins?
>
>> Are these giant pumpkins good for
>> anything other than bragging rights and compost?
>
> Hi, Brian!
>
> You may need to start a contest in your neck of the woods.
> A good starting point is a county or state fair if you have one held
> late enough in the season.
> If not, ask your local farm bureau, garden club or chamber of commerce
> to sponsor a pumpkin contest.
>
> Share the gold (orange, white, pink, aqua or whatever). Pumpkins can
> bring smiles to everyone.
> We always take one to a convalescent hospital.
> Mr Barenchi generally takes his to a children's hospital.
> Others find a veterans hospital.
> Bill Garvey in Pennsylvania drove his to Ground Zero in 2001, with the
> blessing of the American Red Cross.
>
> But be sure to milk them for all the fun that's in them.
> Last year we dug a tunnel through David's 686-pounder and challenged
> young and old alike to get down on their bellies and slither through
> (take it from me ... it's not easy!). Hold a neighborhood pumpkin
> festival and judge best decorated, best carved, best pie, best pumpkin
> photo, etc.
> Bowling with pumpkins is great sport, using the small round pumpkins
> and standard bowling pins.
>
> Good luck!
> Kathie
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Brian Taylor wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I've figured out not to mess with the vine hitting the soil.
>> Was thinking of just putting a big square under the, well, they look
>> like great big yellow beach balls right now, pumpkins themselves, not
>> the whole area.
>>
>> Yep, we have mellons.  put the miracle grow to them and you get some
>> nice big ones too.  In the paper last week guy had a 120lb
>> watermellon.  don't know what it tasted like though... :)
>>
>> Which brings up another good point.  Are these giant pumpkins good
>> for
>> anything other than bragging rights and compost?
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Steve Haberman
>> <shaberman@insmgt.com> wrote:
>>> I would't use fabric. You want contact between vines and soil. The
>>> vines
>>> will send down feeders or secondary roots that can really make a
>>> difference
>>> with growth. The one great advantage you have is length of season
>>> down
>>> south. This year in Northern Indiana, we were lucky Summer landed
>>> on a
>>> weekend. Just curious... Do you grow any melons? I do fair with
>>> them, but it
>>> has been a few years since we have had the heat they need. Take
>>> care!
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Haberman
>>> Insurance Management
>>> 959 E 4th St.
>>> Marion, IN 45952
>>> Cell: (574) 551-5601
>>> Email: shaberman@insmgt.com
>>> Fax: (765) 664-0761
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Brian
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:10 AM
>>> To: pumpkins@hort.net
>>> Subject: Has anyone tried landscape fabric under the pumpkins?
>>>
>>> I've been watching the emails for some time now and have not seen
>>> anyone
>>> speak about landscape fabric under the pumpkins.  Has anyone tried
>>> it?  It
>>> won't catch water, keeps the weeds away.  I'm worried about bugs &
>>> rot
>>> getting in from underneath.  This is my first year at this fun
>>> endeavor.
>>> Our soil in NW Mississippi has extremely high clay content.  I'm
>>> originally
>>> from Iowa where we had good 'ole black dirt.  I'm surprised that
>>> anything
>>> can grow in this stuff down here, but I've got 6 plants growing
>>> like crazy.
>>> This year I'm not necessarily trying to get any one huge pumpkin.
>>> I'm just
>>> seeing how they will grow and all that.  I planted Atlantic Giants.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I do enjoy reading all y'alls posts and appreciate
>>> knowledge being
>>> shared!
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
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