sand and fruit protection
- Subject: sand and fruit protection
- From: D* R* <y*@att.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:07:03 -0700 (PDT)
What type of fruit protection is recommended? I am currently using a tarp day
and night, but noticed that there isn't a whole lot of air movement. Now I am
wondering about just using a sheet on the pumpkin during the day and removing it
at night. We have alot of humidity, esp. at night. That leads me to my next
question.
I have sand under the pumpkins. Yesterday I removed as much of the play sand,
that I had originally used, and replaced it with all purpose sand. I found that
the play sand held too much moisture and was damp right out of the bag. This
morning all of the sand is damp. The ground is pretty moist due to some recent
rains. The pumpkins were covered with tarps so no rain got on it or the sand,
but the sand seems to be absorbing moisture from the ground. I am worried about
the pumpkin rotting. I don't know if fans would help much since I would most
likely have to keep them on the pumpkins every day.
Debbie
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