Re: pollinating and terminating

Does everyone have large growing areas other than their backyard????

I saw a cuke beetle this morning on a sunflower in the middle of my zucchini 
plant.  I sprayed Ortho Max on Sat.  Do I need to be worried?





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From: tlchap chapman <tlchap@msn.com>
To: pumpkin pumpkin <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 12:37:46 PM
Subject: RE: pollinating and terminating

hahah....thanks for the funny story and the new vine dance steps ! I enjoy
reading all the blogs.

I do have 4 pumpkins growing, average size, and lots of vines tangled
everywhere.  I am growning in an

old cow pen, next to the watering hole...I am at the wait and see stage.

Linka Chapman







> From: shaberman@insmgt.com
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: RE: pollinating and terminating
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:50:35 -0400
>
> Deb,
> When I started growing, I had a very small patch in the back yard of my
> college-days rental house. I grew vines over grass as you are doing. I know
> that some are not as fortunate to have acreage like we do. However, I
> personally have found that the secret to this "obsession" as stated
earlier,
> is soil. I put an enormous amount of time into testing and conditioning my
> soil. Some patches have taken me a couple of years, truckloads of material
> and back breaking work (as well as lots of broken tractor parts). I have
> done OK on grass but if you have the room, till up the ground next year.
> As far as working in the web of vines......my secret is 6 to 8
> Budweiser's, followed by Tai Chi tiptoe and cat like dexterity. My kids
call
> it Dad's vine boogey.
> By the way, I always squish a few vines here and there. I am not as
> light on my feet as I once was.... but I am wiser.
> Hope you get a big one!
> Steve Haberman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
> Debbie Runkle
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:10 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: pollinating and terminating
>
> Ok. I'll let the main go another few days. As I have mentioned before, I
> am
> growing over grass and am placing soil under the vines as they grow. My
> main is
> now approx. 25 feet long and is moving quite rapidly across my yard. It is
> now
> about 6' beyond the female that I pollinated. I have kept it going in the
> event
> that the pollination did not take. I would like to terminate soon, but also
> do
> not want to risk losing the existing pumpkin and not having one on the main
> that
> I can pollinate later as a backup. My understanding is that the plant needs
> the
> leaves to convert energy, i.e. keeping the secondaries as long as possible.
>
> When you let your plant fill in your patch, what is your secret to walking
> around in it or between the secondaries?
>
>
> Also, do you mainly water around the stump vs. the vines? I have approx. 6
> to 8
> inches of topsoil over clay. That is very typical for where I live. Let's
> say
> you rototill down 6 to 8" and then hit the clay. Do the roots go deep
> enough to
> penetrate the clay? Has anyone experimented auguring or using old holes
> from
> stakes as a way to water? My thought is depending on how deep the roots go,
> this
> could be a way of deep watering. Any thoughts?
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Joe Pukos <jpukos@rochester.rr.com>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 12:31:30 PM
> Subject: Re: pollinating and terminating
>
> Debbie,
>
> After a week or so, the new pollinations should be giving you a good
> indication of which direction they are heading. As long as they have that
> shiny and new look, that's a good thing. If they start to look dull, that's
> bad and probably means they're not going to make it. If you are growing
> competitively, setting a fruit on the main is heavily favored over growing
> one
> on a secondary. For sure, all the biggest pumpkins in the world were grown
> on
> the main vine. I like to have my secondaries all terminated by the end of
> July. At that time, my 750 sq. ft. area for each plant is filled up.
> Sometimes
> I terminate my mains and other times, I allow them to grow around the edge
> of
> the patch for the entire season. I've had good luck doing it both ways.
>
> Joe Pukos
>
> Leicester, NY
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debbie Runkle" <yorunk13@att.net>
> To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:59 AM
> Subject: pollinating and terminating
>
>
> >I was wondering how long before you know if a pollination is successful. I
> have
> > pollinated two on my main, the first aborted (closest to stump). The
> second
> one
> > (next on the vine from the aborted one) is slightly larger than a
> baseball.
> > There is a third one after that which was open pollination. I am keeping
> the
> > main going since I was told that pumpkins growing on the main are better
> than
> > secondaries. I did pollinate one on the first secondary off the main.
> When
> > should I start terminating the main and secondaries? I've been letting
> > everything keep growing in case something goes wrong.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
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