Re: sugar water?
It comes from a childrens book about a little mouse trying to grow a
giant pumpkin, in which he cuts a hole into the bottom of a vine, and
inserts a wick in which the other end of the wick is in a jar of milk.
Hence the term, milkfed pumpkin. DONT DO IT FOR REAL< it will cause a
bacetrial infection, and kill your plant.
The book is called Little House on the Prairie.
"Smithhisler, Paul" wrote:
>
> Sometimes, when I tell people I grow giant pumpkins, they ask me about
> feeding the vine/pumpkin milk or sugar water. Often, they ask about using a
> hypodermic needle to do so. I wonder if some of this stuff is coming from
> the same source. Maybe there is something to it?
>
> -Gus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nance L Drill [n*@3dtech.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:14 PM
> To: Pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: sugar water?
>
> Okay, I have had this question for some time now. Since I have a connection
> to people who know what they are doing, I thought it may be a good time to
> ask. We have a children's book, 'The Biggest Pumpkin Ever,' by Steven
> Kroll. In it there are two mice who find a pumpkin. They water and
> fertilize it everyday. Then they dig a small hole beside the pumpkin vine.
> In the hole they place a bowl full of sugar water. They cut into the vine a
> few inches from the pumpkin and put one end of a candle wick. Then the
> other end of the candle wick into the sugar water. In fact there is one on
> each side of the pumpkin. NOW, I know this is just a children's story, but
> I have always wondered if there is any truth to it? Your thoughts?
> Thanks, Nance
>
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