RE: Pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
- Subject: RE: Pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
- From: &* H* <s*@insmgt.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:59:48 -0400
Kathie is right, styrofoam works. Make vine/fruit movements in the heat of
the day when vegetation is pliable.
Steve Haberman
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Kathie Morgan
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 5:04 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Pumpkins DIGEST V1 #68
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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