Re: you are correct sir!!
>Lyle, you may have a point with the fert kicking in and causing an
>unbalance. But I think that the water alone could have been enough. I had
>one going in early July that did like yours...2 to 3 inches a day and then
>BOOM 4 inches, split open! It had been dry for nearly two weeks, then a 24
>hr downpour , then a hot sunny day and the result was 4 inches and a cross
>rib split. I had quit using fert during setting, so fert was not an issue
>here. My guess is that any type of unbalance, be it water, fert, soil chems,
>or any thing else can cause pumpkin failures.
>
>Just my unexperienced two cents worth...
>
>Till next time....
>
>Rock mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I am in agreement water I think is the major cause of splits...........you
can fert and fert but OVER water and whamo!! ..........just 2 cents
worth!!.....MB
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