RE: Elasticity and shading
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: Elasticity and shading
- From: M* N* <M*@optiosoftware.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:28:18 -0500
Here in Georgia I shade the fruits to help prevent against rotting.
Shading reduces the temperature inside the pumpkin. It doesn't take 90+
degree air temperatures to cause problems if the pumpkin is exposed to
direct sunlight all day long.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Stephenson [SMTP:mike@beaconmortgage.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 1997 1:23 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Elasticity and shading
>
>
> >a fruit to expand. One is turgor pressure and the other is the
> elasticity
> >of the cell membrane.
>
> Here in Oregon where we don't often have long periods with temps over
> 90 I
> dismissed the need to shade my pumpkins. Perhaps I made a big mistake
> as
> perhaps shading of the fruit, even from the very
> beginning, would preserve some elasticity and thus help increase
> ultimate
> size.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mike in Oregon
>
>
>
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