Re: Females aborting before they flower
- Subject: Re: Females aborting before they flower
- From: "Judy & Joe Hannemann" k*@attbi.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:44:40 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Rick
Did you get a soil test? Have you checked your ph . Last year I had the
same problem and my ph had gone down to 4.5 near the stumps and 6ft away it
was 6.5 added liquid lime around stumps and got a 613 lbs out of it. Thank
God for Jim. B. with the lime he helped me out big time.
Good Luck
Joe H.
----- Original Message -----
From: <RParsonsNP@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: Females aborting before they flower
> I have a good, healthy plant going - w/ no cucumber beetles or SVB's.
> Problem is the females are rotting before they reach the size of a marble
(and well
> before the buds are ready to bloom). The latest one to die is 22' out on
the
> primary vine. I'm running out of space (and time), and am wondering if
anyone
> on the list has any suggestions.
>
> I have not used any high nitrogen fertilizers for 3 weeks. My last chance
to
> pollinate on the main vine will be in 9 or 10 days, approx. 27' feet from
the
> stump.
>
> Rick
> Ocean Twp, NJ
>
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