RE: first year grower

Check out the link below for a neat shade structure. I built these this year
and they are not much trouble at all.
 
http://www.mainepumpkins.com/shade.html

Mark Fowler
Farmville, Virginia

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
George & Carolyn Heyne
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:27 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: first year grower

Becky,

I pound six foot metal stakes into the ground and stretch and tie (using 
electrical ties) a 6x8 or 8x10 foot tarps between the stakes in a lean 
to fashion. This helps keep the sun and rain off the pumpkins and keeps 
the ground under the pumpkin dry. After each stake is set in the ground, 
I tie one corner of the tarp to it. That way, I can keep the tarp fairly 
tight when I build the lean to. The high end of the cover is on the 
blossom end side of the pumpkin. This allows you to crawl under the tarp 
and inspect the pumpkin. This is just one way of many to protect the 
pumpkins from sun and rain.

George Heyne
Rochester, MN

Becky Black wrote:

>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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>
>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type multipart/appledouble]
>"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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