RE: Pumpkin Nibblers

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George,

 

Thanks, what kind of fungicide would you recommend? 

 

The turkeys have become a serious problem around our farming community.  They are not true wild turkeys in that they are a released domesticated turkey introduced to the area years ago.  They are protected also.  You know, there is a fine line between environmental / wildlife protection and complete idiocy.

 

My patch is already fenced and has a top wire at about six feet, they fly over it.  I have been harassing them every time I see them and they tend to give us a wide berth, but now and then they come back.  I have tried windmills, but they only work when there is wind and since the bastards come around in the morning when there is never wind; the windmills don’t work very often.  They don’t even look twice at our dogs either, and since the turkeys don’t run from them, the dogs don’t care either.  I have heard that crushed moth balls keep turkeys away, but that is not very safe with our livestock, kids, etc…

 

So, I guess I am stuck with throwing rocks at ‘em every time I see ‘em.  The rocks work better than firing the shotgun, because they hit or hit near them which seems to spook them more than the noise of the gun which I can’t legally shoot them with.

 

Thanks all, I think I am doing OK in my first attempt at growing an AG.  Despite not preparing like I should have and am starting to do for next year, I have four big ‘uns set with OTT’s of 110”, 104”, 85”, and 56”.  They sure are not gaining like I would like, only 2-6’’ OTT per day, but it has not been below 95 degrees here for two weeks.

 

Thanks and sorry for the longish post.

 

Dale

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [mailto:owner-pumpkins@hort.net] On Behalf Of GBPUMPKIN@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:55 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Pumpkin Nibblers

 

I would put some fungicide on those nibbles.  Your should put up a fence turkeys might wipe you out in short order.  Add top wires to spook them.


George Brooks
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