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Re: A novice gets worried



>HOWEVER, I have a concern...   Those of you who watch the weather reports
>may have seen that we are getting MORE flooding in SE Ohio again.   While
>my patch is far above the local creeks, the ground is so saturated that my
>pumpkins are either in standing water (only 1/4") or sitting on thoroughly
>soaked mud.   I fear for rot and such.   Is there anything that can be
>done?  Should I try to lift my basketballs up onto little beds of straw, or
>would the damp straw cause more problems then it would fix?
>
>It is not rainging today, but the forecasts call for rain again Friday and
>Saturday.
>
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>
>A .sig is static        My life is dynamic.     I can't think of a single
>quote or witty saying that expresses the mercurial nature of the changes in
>my life.  The only constants in my life are stress,  my loving wife, and
>the weekly hairball my cat leaves on the carpet.
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Don't use straw or any other organic matter.  Sounds like you need a layer
of gravel and then a layer of sand 2 to 3 inches thick each
layer........Brock



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