Re: compare the two

Bridgette, if you want to know all about growing Giant Pumpkins, you need this book: How to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins by Don Langevin. 
Vines are buried every day.  Each leaf has a root below it.  They need to be burried so it can provide nourishment to that leaf.  Buy the book, it will be the best investment you will make as a pumpkin grower.
cheers
Marc




Bridgette Antoinette Tojek wrote:


No Marc- I am not burying the vines- I was going to do that when the vine
reached the fence. The fruit grew more over night again- I am going to build
a shade hut for it- I do not want it to get damaged by the sun- I read the
heat can harden the skin and cause internal damage. I still want the vines
to reach the fence so I can bury them- they seemed to stop growing all
together.

For the first time I saw one of those yellow bugs with black stripes- I
think it is the cucumber beetle- my giants are planted in places that had
never been cultivated. I saw the bug in my family garden by the zucchini,
jack o lanterns, green peppers and egg plants. It would seem my zucchini
have been dealt a blow by something and the only bug I remember seeing a pic
of was the yellow bug with black stripes. I am going to have to buy the
Sevin- I did apply Ortho Bug Geta around my giants but that is for the slugs
and snails mostly- does anyone know if it will work on cucumber beetles? I
have not seen them around the giants- but I prefer preventative measures
over recovering measures.
Thanks
Bridgette
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:56 PM, mltovar <mltovar@wooden-clockworks.com>wrote:


Are you burying the vines?
Marc



Bridgette Antoinette Tojek wrote:

I planted three giants- One has real big leaves but small fruit, the second

has only one long primary vine and just started seeing a female bloom- the
third has a huge fruit, many vines but all the leaves are so small as
compared to the first. Now the first was fertilized with a lot of pond
scum
and veggies from the kitchen table, the one with huge leaves. The one with
big fruit but small leaves, thank goodness there are a lot of them, was
just
compost with the shredded paper and chicken manure mixed with the dirt I
dug
out of the hole I put back in. Will the small leaves be a problem in
catching enough of the sunlight for energy? I do fertilize the one with
big
fruit with the Fish Emulsion. I have noticed the vegetative growth has
slowed tremendously and I am concerned it is too early to stop vegetative
growth but I dont know how to encourage it. I worry the sunlight will hurt
the fruit- harden it- I need more leaves- what promotes vegetative growth.
Bridgette


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