RE: climate or genetics
Ken, could you specify what you meant buy the term "fogging." I don't
understand what this is. I do shade my pumpkins with plywood etc.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken & Charlotte Mitchell [SMTP:twoturkey@juno.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 5:10 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: climate or genetics
William
We have hot weather in the West and have grown 4 and 500 #. Take a good
look at a soil sample and what the soil make up is. Shading and
definetey fogging might aid in larger fruit. Think the plants shut down
when hotter weather comes and maturity speeds up. Only diference there
is the humidity and the need for irrigation instead of relying on the
rain. Good luck
Ken
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 16:02:51 -0500 "William T. Brown" <pumpkin@i1.net>
writes:
>I have 4 plants growing with 5 pumpkins growing. My largest is
>estimated
>at 250lbs. I set back my fruit set to the last week of July and Aug.
>Here
>in Mo. it has been very hot and dry, I water every day with diluted
>fertilizer through a homemade irrigation system to all plants. I have
>read
>every article pertaining to pumpkins and have been growing them for
>the
>last 12 years. The largest I have ever grown was 330lbs. which
>sucumbed to
>a rot at the end of the season. My question is all my pumpkins I have
>ever
>grown are always around the 250lbs. range, whats up! Is the hot
>climate
>shorting their natural growth cycle. Or do I need better stock
>genetic
>seed. I hand pollinate, keep the best seed for next years growth
>hoping to
>get a plant that will acclimate to the hot climate in my area, with no
>
>luck. I envy the BIG BOYS.
>
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