Re: Heavy rains
- Subject: Re: Heavy rains
- From: d*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:53:06 -0400
Debbie,
Yes, you will need to always cover the female and 3 males the night before!
(with glad bags).
I have pollinated during a pouring rain...the key is to insure it stays dry
during pollination and then using glad bags....keeping it dry for at least
24hrs. Here are somethings I do if it is an important set:
For Rain:
- Use an umbrella
For Cold Mornings:
- Wait till the temp gets up a bit >60 degrees...you can tell by the pollen
on the male or use more males.
- The goal is to cover all the segments with lots of pollen from head to
toe.
For Hot Mornings:
- get it early...I've done them at 5:30am if the temp is 70
- put ice around the bloom and let it melt into the soil will help keep the
area cooler.
- Pumpkins won't set in hot weather...I'm guessing >90 degrees...so need to
keep cooler.
Good luck
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 10:05 pm
Subject: Re: Heavy rains
Another question - does the weather affect your decision to pollinate? If it
is
suppose to rain on the morning you are pollinating, does that cause problems?
o you need to cover both the male and females with cups the night before?
Debbie
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rom: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Wed, July 7, 2010 6:37:20 PM
ubject: Re: Heavy rains
I check it after one day. Usually the blossom has closed up by then.
This year for an unknown reason I have to leave them on for two days before
the
lossom closes.
I'll let someone else tackle the rest of your questions.
Kathie
n Jul 7, 2010, at 5:07 AM, Debbie Runkle wrote:
> Kathie, you mentioned that you use Dixie cups over the flower after
pollination. How long do you leave the cup on?
How long before females form on the vine? I transplanted 5/25/2001 and only
have two females on the main, one of which just 'hatched'. I have used
15-30-15
twice, the second time was yesterday. How long will the secondaries grow
before
they produce females?
Debbie
________________________________
From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sun, June 27, 2010 1:12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Heavy rains
On Jun 27, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Jason Thomas wrote:
> You can tie the female bloom closed with twine or a twisty tie before it
> opens. Most growers do that so they can control the source of pollen that
> goes in.
Hi Guys!
Mr Al Eaton told us that he uses Dixie cups to cover his females after
pollination. We tried it and it's perfect. Just use one hand to gather the
petals together, then use the other hand to ease the cup down over the
lossom.
We use 16-ounce cups.
Kathie in Santa Rosa
> That would keep water out to a certain extent too. You could put up
> a small piece of tarp (like 1sq ft) with some bamboo stakes over the
flower,
> especially after you pollinate. You can cut or tear small holes in the
> corolla below the stigma or anther in both female and male flowers to help
> them drain after a rain. I used to do that when I had my plants growing out
> over the lawn where they would get sprinkled every morning. But only use
> that method on female flowers if you don't care about stray pollen getting
> in. How hot is it there? I've found once it gets hot enough (100+) here
> flowers wont pollinate even if the flowers are cooled. However in the 80s
> and 90s they will pollinate but only if I cool them by putting a small
> styrofoam cooler upside down over the flower the night before opening with
a
> frozen water bottle inside for cooling. The styrofoam cooler method will
> also keep the rain out but you only want to use it for a day or two because
> you don't want to encourage rot.
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Jeff Potter
> <maple-leaf@kpe.biglobe.ne.jp>wrote:
>
>> I live in southern Japan, and have been trying to grow pumpkins, ANY SIZE
>> pumpkins, for several years, with no luck. I didn't really put much effort
>> into it, just planted and waited, not really knowing what I was doing.
>> I got the giant pumpkin bug when I received some seeds from the local
>> champion, a 200 kger.I've done some studying, finally got a copy of Don
>> Langevin's Giant Pumpkins II, did what I could with the soil in the
spring,
>> planted both in pots and directly, and have got some amazing, big,
>> healthy-looking plants. I have a lot of male flowers, and several females
>> not
>> yet bloomed. I am out at 5:00am every morning just in case. In Don's book,
>> he
>> says I will know when the flower is ready to bloom, but I am not so sure.
>> My
>> problem is, we have a major rainy season here in Asia, it has rained
>> heavily
>> for 2 straight days, with a forecast for more, until Thursday. My question
>> is,
>> how can I protect my ladies, will the heavy rain have an effect on them
>> even
>> if they do not open, and if they do, can I pollinate them in the rain.
>>
>> Thanks, first time poster,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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