Re: sand and fruit protection
- Subject: Re: sand and fruit protection
- From: S* M* <m*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:55:09 -0700 (PDT)
IE is the way to go. Thanks for pics. Shots of splits made me
cringe--ooohhh...
--- On Sun, 8/1/10, dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com> wrote:
From: dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
Subject: Re: sand and fruit protection
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 11:36 PM
You might have to use IE?
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 10:03 pm
Subject: Re: sand and fruit protection
Dave, the pictures did not come through with the link, only text.
Debbie
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rom: "dbhaskaran@aol.com" <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Sun, August 1, 2010 8:53:13 PM
ubject: Re: sand and fruit protection
Debbie,
run both all day...ie...I put up 10 fence posts around the pumpkin and put
p 1 tarp 6x8 on top and then put the 6x8 folded in different ways around the
osts(sides)...so allow very little sun on them...that is 5 tarps...I use a
th tarp to get more protection in front of the pumpkin so it hangs down below
he other side tarp.(keep it on the inside to the rain stays out)
Take a look at my 2008 pictures and you'll see the posts and tarps...
ttp://webpages.charter.net/dbhaskaran/pumpkin08/
Good luck.
ave.
----Original Message-----
rom: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:17 pm
ubject: Re: sand and fruit protection
ave, if I am understanding you correctly, you use a sheet during the day,
opped up with stakes. When do you use the tarp? Or is the sheet put on top
the tarp and overhangs to catch the sun? After reading your post, I think I
ll drape the sheet over some 3 & 4' bamboo sticks during the day to keep if
f the fruit and vines.
ebbie
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om: "dbhaskaran@aol.com" <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
: pumpkins@hort.net
nt: Sun, August 1, 2010 5:48:58 PM
bject: Re: sand and fruit protection
ebbie,
suggestion would be to run both...which is what I have done now for 2 years
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 tarps
d 10 fence posts allow in. (6x8 tarps)
ave put down wet sand before but it seems to dry with a few days...so I
n't think you need to worry.
lso 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 day
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.
ave sand under the pumpkins. Yesterday I removed as much of the play sand,
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 recent
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 about
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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