Re: Advice needed!
Mark
The best advice I can give to anyone trying to grow a giant is "buy both books
written buy Don Langevin on growing world class pumpkins" Do some searches using
his name and pumpkin and you will find it. Great resources, I refer to them
quite often.
Ray
Mark Fowler wrote:
> Hey Everybody,
> Being the first year grower that I am and having had the problems I have had
> all growing season I am continuously seeking advise. I live in Central
> Virginia and there does not seem to be any AG growers nearby. You guys on
> this list have been a wealth of information. I read the posts everyday and
> have picked up a lot form the posts.
> Right now I am nursing one lone plant. I had three earlier and lost one to
> gummy stem blight and lost the other to a squash vine borer. The one I have
> left is the one I gave the least chances to make it! I planted my other 2 in
> cow manure and really babied them much more than I have this one until now.
> The one I still have is planted directly in my garden dirt and has been
> getting the same fertilizer, fungicide, and insect treatment as the others.
> Even when they were all healthy this one grew at the same rate as the ones
> in cow manure. Is my garden soil in that good a shape? I figured the cow
> manure plants would really out grow the soil planted one. Any ideas?
>
> Another question, my remaining plant is well behind others I have seen on
> the list. My main vine is only 10' long at this time. Squash bugs darn near
> won the war early but I nursed it back so it was temporarily stunted. The
> question is how close to the stem can you grow a big pumpkin? I have several
> on the vine now about the size of a golf ball but the best looking two right
> now are only 4 to 5 feet from the stem. Should I abort these later anyway
> even though they are my best looking so far?
>
> Given the time and my location do I still have a reasonable chance of
> growing a reasonable pumpkin?
>
> And last but not least does it really cost $500.00 a seed to acquire good
> seeds? If so I am already out of business for next year!
>
> Sorry for being so long winded, please forgive me.
>
> Mark Fowler
>
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