Re: sand and fruit protection
- Subject: Re: sand and fruit protection
- From: d*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:46:33 -0400
Steve,
Congrats on being on track for 1000+! I have one that is 703 lbs, which using
the AE method..puts it around 1289 lbs come Oct.
( current weight + (number of days till Sept 20th * 1/2 of current daily
weight gain over a 4 day period)).
ie... 703 + (51 * 11.5 (23lbs/day))
But I agree...with 2 of my pumpkins going down this week to splits...hard to
hold them till Oct!
Take care.
Dave.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:25 pm
Subject: Re: sand and fruit protection
Dave,
Daconil and Captan have become my good friends this year. I'm about to spray
pplications of calcium to the outside of my fruit to help fortify it.
Thanks for another tip on being proactive growing AGs(Daconil on both ends).
In this business, better to be safe than sorry.
Measured my largest pumpkin today. On track for first 1000 pound fruit.
Cross my fingers and hope to win the lottery.
Steve
--- On Sun, 8/1/10, dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com> wrote:
From: dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
ubject: Re: sand and fruit protection
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ate: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 8:51 PM
Steve,
ou're welcome. Well, I've been growing big pumpkins for 40 years, but I
lways seem to learn each year also! LOL.
I have a bunch of High Maintenance Pumpkins this year, which means, they get
rowth "marks" that cut into the fruit on the back and stem areas....so I
ormally paint on the daconil to insure they don't rot (great way to keep
umpkins going into Oct) but then need to insure the sheet doesn't smother
t
ut too much...so putting up the stake in front (and will for the back) helps
n dry and "heal" the area.
n fact, painting daconil on the blossom end and stem areas before trouble
appens is not a bad idea...even the stump area. Things I do as we get into
ug, as the pumpkins get into old fruit and tough to manage!
e're having a good year in MN, so need to make hay while we do have a good
ear, weather wise!
ood luck to all!
avid Bhaskaran
ochester, MN
----Original Message-----
rom: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:06 pm
ubject: Re: sand and fruit protection
ave,
for one appreciate your input. You helped me a lot last year, and I'm
oing
ch better this year. You always manage to come up with juicy little tidbits
info like the stakes to drape the sheet over, fore and aft.
our help enables me to help others and pay it forward.
teve Minor
-- On Sun, 8/1/10, dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com> wrote:
rom: dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
bject: Re: sand and fruit protection
: pumpkins@hort.net
te: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 6:48 PM
ebbie,
suggestion would be to run both...which is what I have done now for 2
ars
w. I didn't like just the sheet, as we get periods of too much wetness so
nning both of them protects the pumpkin from some of the sun that my 6
rps
d 10 fence posts allow in. (6x8 tarps)
have put down wet sand before but it seems to dry with a few days...so I
n't think you need to worry.
also dig a trench around my pumpkins tents so that water hitting the tarps
d dropping...goes into a trench and away from the pumpkin, plus this also
ts the pumpkin on "higher ground" due to the trench and thus more drying.
lso becareful with the MV and the tarps rubbing on them if you use it and
so if you use the sheet on the pumpkins...make sure the front and back get
me "air"...I use a small stake in front of the pumpkin and put the sheet
er it...thus giving the them stem area some "air".
ope this helps.
od luck.
vid Bhaskaran
chester, MN
---Original Message-----
om: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
: pumpkin <pumpkins@hort.net>
nt: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 9:07 am
bject: sand and fruit protection
hat type of fruit protection is recommended? I am currently using a tarp
y
night, but noticed that there isn't a whole lot of air movement. Now I am
dering about just using a sheet on the pumpkin during the day and removing
night. We have alot of humidity, esp. at night. That leads me to my next
stion.
have sand under the pumpkins. Yesterday I removed as much of the play
nd,
t I had originally used, and replaced it with all purpose sand. I found
at
e play sand held too much moisture and was damp right out of the bag. This
ning all of the sand is damp. The ground is pretty moist due to some
cent
ns. The pumpkins were covered with tarps so no rain got on it or the sand,
the sand seems to be absorbing moisture from the ground. I am worried
out
pumpkin rotting. I don't know if fans would help much since I would most
ely have to keep them on the pumpkins every day.
bbie
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