Re: Slow growth
Mark,
Pick the fastest growing pumpkin as long as there's no other problems with
it. 20" at day 8 is no problem at all, you may put on 6" in circ. in 2 days.
Keep the plant and pumpkin healthy and stay with it. "Be" with it everyday
and anticipate any problems occurring, keep the vine angle good and the vine
coming up with the pumpkin, but very slowly daily like 1/2" a day. Any
splits put on some captan or 3336. Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Fowler" <MFowler@hsc.edu>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: RE: Slow growth
> Robert,
> I think 25 to 30 inches on day 10 is a fairly accurate estimate of where
you
> should be. With 2 days to go I don't think you will have ANY problem
> reaching that!
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of
> rob shepherd
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:31 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Slow growth
>
> Hello,
> Wondered whether anyone could help. I have a few pumpkins set on my 506
MOH
> +
> LC? plant. (In the UK)
> Firstly should I choose; the fastest growing or the one with the thickest
> stem?
> Secondly, a pumpkin is 8 days since pollination, is 20" OTT a slow
> growth?
> I ask as I am a beginner and although my plant is quite big the pumpkin
> doesn't seem to grow as fast as any from the USA. Could a long spell of
rain
> be the cause of slow growth?
>
> Thanks
> Robert Shepherd.
>
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