RE: pollinating and terminating

Deb,
No.
Everything is going to be OK. Mix 2 parts tequila, one part triple sec, one
part sweet and sour and (yes .. I will give up one secret) one part apple
juice. Drink until gone. Repeat. Put it in perspective. The world economy is
about to collapse. Iran has nukes. Our politicians are dirt bags. The gulf
is full of oil. Socialism is inevitable. Unemployment is 10%. The Denver
Broncos drafted Tim Tebow.
Steve Haberman

Go Broncos! Orange! Orange! Orange!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Debbie Runkle
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:22 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: 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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