Re: HELP!!! females aborting
- Subject: Re: HELP!!! females aborting
- From: B* T* <b*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 17:02:11 -0500
I contact my local Ag Extension office.
Brian
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:46 PM, <pompipumpkin@aol.com> wrote:
> where do u send soil for analysis. I want to get more than just ph
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> From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> To: pumpkins <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 30, 2011 1:18 am
> Subject: Re: HELP!!! females aborting
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> Last fall after I removed about 1300+ sf of grass, I had a soil test done
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> tilled it about 5 times and had them interpreted. I also brought in 10
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> f mushroom compost this spring and added the soil amendments from the soil
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> analysis. I thought I was doing everything ok. One of my plants is from
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> llinois state record for last year.
> Debbie
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> rom: "dbhaskaran@aol.com" <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
> o: pumpkins@hort.net
> ent: Fri, July 29, 2011 8:13:46 PM
> ubject: Re: HELP!!! females aborting
> Debbie,
> ometimes these plants are sterile and just don't produce...I had another
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> his year...plus others I've had will grow them to about basketball size and
> hen they abort. I have other friends who have seen similar
> things...probably
> hy I grow 10 plants...last year..had just 4 left after it was all said and
> one with a max of 7 one year...I think Kevin Marsh once told me he started
> ith 12 and ended up with 3. Just the luck of the draw.
> t for sure can also be environmental as Ray is suggesting...heat or wet on
> he females can stop them from developing not enough calcium, etc, etc.
> would have a soil sample is done for next year(especially if you didn't
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> ear)... Sorry about your season...hopefully something changes.
> avid Bhaskaran
> ochester, MN.
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> rom: LGOURD <LGOURD@aol.com>
> o: pumpkins <pumpkins@hort.net>
> ent: Fri, Jul 29, 2011 8:47 pm
> ubject: Re: Fw: HELP!!! females aborting
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> hat kind of temperatures are you having?
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> a message dated 7/29/2011 7:21:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> runk13@att.net writes:
> hat the hell is going on????
> ebbie
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