RE: Vines touching the pumpkin and pumpkin lotions. Jergen's anyone?
- Subject: RE: Vines touching the pumpkin and pumpkin lotions. Jergen's anyone?
- From: S* J* <c*@optonline.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:29:12 -0400
The flesh of young pumpkins is soft & easily damaged by the rough leaves.
Even a small scratch on the flesh now will be a large blemish later.
Lotion??? Not that I'm aware.
Stephen Jepsen
CT GS&PGA Director Emeritus
GPC Executive Committee
Tel (914) 260-7176
Fax (206) 203-2397
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Jim Acker
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:47 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Vines touching the pumpkin and pumpkin lotions. Jergen's anyone?
Is there any particular reason that we do not want vines or leaves touching
the skin of the pumpkin? Also - is there any good "lotion" that can be
applied to the pumpkin to keep the skin from drying out? This is my first
year at this and even after reading a few books on the topic, I still find
plenty of questions.
I've got a fairly good shade over the pumpkin now. It gained 14 pounds in
the last day. Pictures can be seen at "http://blog.acker1.com
Thanks,
Jim
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