Re: Update From New England:
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Update From New England:
- From: a*@planters.net (Alan Stewart)
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:06:13 -0500
It hit 75 here in SE Georgia yesterday, my peach trees are blooming, my
daffodils are past bloom, I have already cut my grass once. My pumpkin
seeds are still in the envelopes tucked neatly away, the two sure indicators
of another freeze are still present -
Thunder in February means snow in March (old weather saying here abouts)
No buds on the Pecan Trees have started to swell or crack.
I think "El-Nino" is going to play havoc with all of us that have a "need"
to dig in the dirt. I will try to resist as long as I can..
>In a message dated 98-02-26 19:02:25 EST, you write:
>
><< Subj: Update From New England:
> Date: 98-02-26 19:02:25 EST
> From: GBPUMPKIN@aol.com (GBPUMPKIN)
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> CC: AndreaRay@aol.com
>
> Update From New England:
>
> February has been more like March, last five weeks has produced 9.8" of
>rain!!
> May be the earliest till in the 25 years I have lived here. May till in 1 or
> 2 weeks, earliest in the past was 3/21.
>
> Had my soil tested from the samples taken last Fall.
>
> pH 6.4
> P 70 ppm very high
> K 49 ppm Low-Medium
> Ca 2026 ppm Very High
> Mg 339 ppm Very High
> Cation Exch Cap 12.8 Meg/100g
> Micronutrient ppm Should Be
> Boron 0.5 0.1-2.0
> Manganese 0.7 3-20
> Zinc 6.0 0.1- 70
> Copper 0.2 0.3-0.8
> Iron 2.3 1.0-40
>
> Nitrogen tests made in the Fall has little bearing on the Spring level, (did
> not list one), because it is so soluble.
>
> This Spring I will be tilling in the following.
> Chicken Manure (sparingly) this is already spread around cooling off.
> Murate Of Potash with Boron
> Urea
> Manganese supplement, (Thanks for the recommendations)
> Copper supplement
> Lime (Some was tilled in last Fall)
> Dry Cat Food (Slow Release Fertilizer) Still working on a rate calculation.
>I
> will not be tilling in Dog Food with this, as listed in previous messages,
> that will be a Fall application only.
>
> I will be planting using the Direct Start Method and Compost Feeding Methods
> as I have listed on Dan's page.
>
> I 'm going to make some early season additions to the Excel Spread Sheet
> Growth Chart I have shared with some of you. Right now it starts on 7/1 and
>I
> track early season events in a separate program. I will try and combine
>these
> two in the future. I may also put in a weather station with a download link
> to my PC to track weather conditions more accurately along with the Pumpkin
> growth records. This will give us an even more comprehensive look at the
> interaction of weather and growth rates.
>
> George Brooks
> N. Tewksbury, MA USA
> (About 25 miles >>
>HOLD ON THERE GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pumkinguy's
>forecast for March in New England. 3 FEET OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! SUB ZERO
>TEMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T DUST OF THAT ROTOTILLER
>YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GROUND HOG SAW HIS
>SHADOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY REASON THE WEATHER IS NICE IS BECAUSE
>MY SNOW PLOW IS STILL ON THE F-250!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF I TAKE MY PLOW
>OFF, YOU WILL BE
>SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> pumkinguy
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Alan L. Stewart
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Cooperville, Georgia, USA lcoated in SE Georgia "The Peach State", about
halfway between Savannah and Augusta. 10 Miles from Statesboro, Georgia
home of Georgia Southern University!
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