Re: Growth rates..

Wayne, The folks up in the PNW don't have fast growth rates and they consistently grow giants. They get that slow steady growth all season long. Now here in CA we have several climate zones. In the central valley we are hot and dry making the pumpkins jump out of the ground. It's not unusual to have 5-6" growth on our pumpkins each day. Near the coast they are cooler and tend to have a longer growing season with 3-4" growth each day.
Jon

At 12:53 AM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
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List I think the benchmarks of 20".10 days......60"..20 days and 100"..30 days is valid if temperatures are fairly high around 80-85 degrees..but what is a good guage if your temperatures are below seasonal norms.....I think I remember Wayne Hackney mentioning the number of degree days as a guide....is not possible to grow a real biggy over a longer period at a slower rate...........any thoughts..???

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