RE: Elasticity and shading
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Elasticity and shading
- From: "* C* <c*@chmc.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:53:07 -0800
I had a chance to speak with the LaRue's at the Auburn, WA weigh off
and they have theirs shaded pretty much from the time the fruit is set.
They use the blue plastic tarps. I mentioned I have been under those
things on a sunny day and they build up quite a bit of heat. I was told
they keep thiers high enough off the ground so air would pass through
beneath them to cool it down a bit. They also throw a sheet over the
pumpkins at night. We don't often have the really hot temps for very
long here in the summer in Western Washington so maybe that extra little
bit of heat really helps. Even on the hottest days here night time
temps are often in the low 60's or even lower. Their record certainly
indicates they are doing a lot of things right.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Stephenson [SMTP:mike@beaconmortgage.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 1997 10:23 AM
> 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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