RE: Beneath the pumpkin
"Of course, if this fruit grows all season at its present
rate, the corrugations may collapse by July 27."
I have some of the same concerns. We have some pumpkins between volleyball
and basketball size now. We're using over-the-counter seeds and I'm scared
they will stop growing anytime. They are SUPPOSED to get fairly big, but
I've already had to cull 6 entire plants because they looked so bad.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf Of
Kathie Morgan
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:51 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Beneath the pumpkin
Dale,
Some use styrofoam, some use plywood, some sand, some nothing.
We put a corrugated rubber mat beneath the Stucker this week. Anyone out
there object to this?
It'll keep the fruit off the ground,
allow water to run down into the corrugations and thereby escape,
prevent little and large soil critters from boring in.
Will this work? Of course, if this fruit grows all season at its present
rate, the corrugations may collapse by July 27.
Kathie
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