Re: Roots, Leaves, Pruning and Watering

Marv,
    Nice to hear from you, question, where in PA do you send your soil sample? I
need to have mine checked, and was wondering. How much , and the address please!
Everything is great up here in northern PA..

Rocky

Lubadub@aol.com wrote:

> It is 70 degrees in PA and we are in the middle of a drought. Many wells are
> going dry. I built some small temporary houses over the spots where I plan to
> put my pumpkins this next Spring and even did a little tilling. These little
> houses will keep the ground dry and allow me to work it up earlier in the
> season where the plants will be placed. All this stuff about leaves and roots
> stimulated me to get out there. I have a 2500 square foot area. I am going to
> go with 4 plants and then will cut it down to two. My tiller only gets me down
> about 6 to 8 inches and that is the best I will be able to do. After all is
> said and done I have decided to water no more than twice a week and to water
> for longer periods of time. I had been watering daily. Also I will prune a bit
> more vigorously this next year though I will not be taking out every other
> side vine. I am not that courageous. I can tell you from my experience of this
> last year that extreme pruning is a death sentence for the pumpkin on the
> vine. I learned this from a groundhog. Soil testing shows that I am in the
> high range on most everything except the pH which is around 7 now. Come on
> Spring!!! Are you out there Marvin Hicks?
>
> Marv in Altoona
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