Re: And then there was one-reply
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: And then there was one-reply
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 15:15:03 -0300
>Vickie:
>
>Your last post was interesting. Particularly the part about waiting to cull
>the fruit after they reach 200-300 lbs.....cut the vine by 1/3 's to prevent
>surges to the pumpkins remaining.
>
>Most of the culling I have read about occurs when the pumpkins are between the
>basket-ball to small beach ball size. Shape, growth rate, position on the
>vine, etc. are the deciding factors. I was surprized to learn that you wait
>longer than that.
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Barb,
The reason i wait is the large pumpkins don't realy show their true shape
and ribs til well later in the game ......so many things can go wrong with
a pumpkin you want to make darn sure you have a solid one before you put
all eggs into one basket.........there is nothing worse than preparing the
soil, pruning, burying vine. weeding and all the work that goes into a
giant plant ........... go to waste if your one and only goes down mid-way
through the season....... now thats hard to take..............some growers
keep two on a plant as one is a back up,,,,,,,there is many a grower that
swears by this because it sure beats losing all your eggs in a
fall...........brock
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