Re: novice question
sand, or mill fabric don't use straw as it will get wet and stay wet.
Glenn
At 10:50 PM 7/12/2007 -0400, you wrote:
Becky,
Always a good question....In past years...I have just kept them under the
tarp tents and they don't get wet so very dry under them so they don't
rot....I also raise them up 2-4" from the normal ground level with more
dirt (I have sandy soil)...about a 4x4x(2-4)" area.
I also during the season will "bathe" them with a bleach solution? (1: 15
water) and use a sponge to keep them free of fungus, etc.
Good luck!
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN
-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Black <leader@centurytel.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 5:07 pm
Subject: novice question
This is our first year...what should we put under the pumpkins? Sand,
a board, straw....
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
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