Pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
- Subject: Pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
- From: K* M* <f*@att.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:04:09 -0700
Jim,
You didn't say how large these fruits are.
Unless they are both over 80 pounds, there may be small things you can
do to level the playing field between your pumpkins and ours.
Do them slowly:
In the heat of the day, move your pumpkin a little bit away from its
vine. Just a little.
If you do this slowly, you can also maybe slightly change the
pumpkin's axis, tilting it a bit more horizontal. Maybe. Carefully.
Next day, repeat.
David and I use chunks of styrofoam to hold the vine away from the
fruit.
If you have not already done so, sever the roots at the vine nodes
closest to the fruit so as to enable the vine to rise as high as it
must to accommodate a prizewinning pumpkin.
Keep us posted.
Kathie
On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Jim wrote:
I'm at the point where I need to pick one fruit and go with it.
One of mine is growing almost upside down, with the blossom on the
very top
of the fruit and the vine very low. Another is more conventional
with the
vine lifted a little with the blossom at the 6 o'clock position,
near what I
call the equator.
Does anyone have any feelings about best pumpkin position, with all
other
things being equal?
I obvoiusly don't want to squish the vine, but the way the upside down
pumpkin is growing, the vine will be clear and should still stay
fairly low.
Opinions?
Jim
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