RE: first year grower

Good for you Becky!

Some of us get so hung up in the matters of competitive growing we lose
sight of the "fun factor". BTW, I'm still a fun grower too!

When they're tiny, a white resin table is fine.
When they get basketball to beach ball size, a worn out beach umbrella is
good but make sure to watch for wind events.
Monster fruit deserve their own digs. Some folks build 2x4 frames on which
they attach anything from poly-woven tarps to old tents or even parachutes.
I've been OK with hammering rebar into the ground onto which is arced
galvanized conduit or even PVC pipe. 
Spring clamps are  handy for keeping the tarps in place once the frame is
established.



Stephen Jepsen
CT GS&PGA President
 
Grow 'Em BIG
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Becky Black
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:26 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: first year grower

What do we shade them with?  When the plants were young we used storm 
window tee pees to protect them from the wind, but the plants are huge 
now...

We planted 12, and never dreamed they would all make it, but they have.

Honestly we haven't traced the vine for the green one.  We know where 
most of the others come from and have pulled the blooms so that we only 
get the one pumpkin on each main vine, but the green came out of no 
where a few weeks ago.  We'll have to check to see if it has any pale 
yellows on the same vine. We do have both yellow stem and green stems, 
but the pumpkins are still light peach.

Don't know about the genetic lines of the seeds we got...first 
year...just happy to have lots of big pumpkins.  I have attached a 
couple pictures.  Any advice is appreciated.  Thanks for your time.

Becky Black
Plattsburg, Missouri

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"Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo 
Emerson
Celebrate Life

On Jul 9, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Stephen Jepsen wrote:

> Shading the pumpkins is a good idea.
>
> How many plants does he have going?
>
> Is that green one is on the same plant as the pale yellows?
>
>
> There have been certain genetic lines (900 Lyons comes to mind) that 
> would
> produce green (squash) or orange (pumpkin) on the same plant but it 
> isn't a
> common trait.
>
> Stephen Jepsen
> CT GS&PGA President
>
> Grow 'Em BIG
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of
> Becky Black
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:45 AM
> To: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: first year grower
>
> Hello,
>
> I subscribed to your list when my son became interested in giant
> pumpkins as a 4-H project.  He is growing Atlantic Giants and has
> several nice sized pumpkins already. (we are in Missouri)  He started
> them inside and transplanted them later in hopes he'd have one for the
> State fair in August.  (we'll see)  We had one of the pumpkins come on
> Green, with a watermelon type stripe.  All the others are light peach
> in color.  Most are larger than a beach ball.  What is the green one?
> Should we pick it off?  It's about the size of a basketball.
>
> Also, do we need to shade the pumpkins, I didn't know if they "burned"?
>
> Love reading your tips!
> Thanks!!!
>
> Have a Great Day!
>
> Becky Black
> Plattsburg, Missouri
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Do not go where the path may lead,
> go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo
> Emerson
> Celebrate Life
>
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