RE: Pumpkin Pollination

Good asvise - thanks. I will let off the watering. There is a Southerly
blow reportedly arriving for the weekend. I may have to get up the
potassium levels a bit more I think. I have only managed tennis ball
size but there is still plenty of time - isn't there????

"Have a Parky Day"
John S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Stewart Deans [SMTP:sdeans@pcug.org.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, 8 January 1998 22:27
> To:	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re: Pumpkin Pollination
> 
> John,
> I think I got the mesage, I have had about four fruit larger than
> basket
> ball size but I havn't liked the position they were growing in and
> have been
> wanting to get some started in better locations while keeping them on
> in
> case. I am confident in one good location but the other has stopped
> growing
> and I am about to write it off.
> Sounds like you are having a bad run of hot weather, I wouldn't water
> every
> day, let the air get to the roots, perhaps every second day with a
> light
> surface sprinkle in the afternoon like you are doing to reduce heat
> affects.
> 
> Stewart ACT Aust
> sdeans@pcug.org.au
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McKinney <oliverm@wantree.com.au>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 7 January 1998 19:30
> Subject: Re: Pumpkin Pollination
> 
> 
> >Sounds more than reasonable - if I had some to cut off I would leave
> >them till basketball size. So far, all female flowers have definitely
> >not pollinated as they have been dropping off and becoming shivelled
> >within a day or two of opening and not progressing past golf ball
> >status. There is one that would be about the size of a grapefruit and
> >grwoing pretty fast so fingers crossed on that one.
> >My plants have had a bit of a hard time in the past week or so. Over
> >Xmas/New Year and the last week, I kept going away for a couple of
> >days at a time and was unable to look after the patch properly.
> >Some of the leaves developed a fungal infection of some sort, while
> >the rest of the plant has been hit by a combination of salt & wind
> >stress, heat stress and a possible lack of nutrients. Two days ago, I
> >pruned the worst affected leaves off and have stepped up my
> >fertilizing & fungicide programs, and at the moment am watering
> deeply
> >in the morning and also lightly once or twice in the arvo. Yesterday
> >was 41.5 C (106.7F) with today 42C (107.6F) The night time temps have
> >also been very warm (about 22C 71F) so the plant is not having a very
> >happy holiday. Forecast for tomorrow is a cool change (29C 84.2F) and
> >warming up for a hot weekend in the high thirties.
> >oh well I'm enjoying the weather even if the garden isn't.
> >john
> >
> >Lubadub wrote:
> >>
> >> George is correct. You won't know whether or not the female
> pumpkins have
> been
> >> properly pollinated until they get to be about basketball size. So
> don't
> go
> >> cutting off too many as you cannot be certain they have been
> properly
> >> pollinated and won't just drop off on their own later.
> >>
> >> Marv in Altoona PA
> >>
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