Re: Medicine Hat Update - July 5th




Pumpkin Flower wrote:

> Is  sand  the thing to do for under neath the pumpkins ?
>  To day I put a very small  mesh chicken wire layer and then
>  a piece of 1inch thick styro down , right under where my tenis ball size
> pumpkin will rest down as it grows ., My thinking was the wire would prevent
> moles,mice what ever, and the styro I saw Bill use in Medicine Hat . Thought
> that might prevent bugs, Is it  better to use sand?

I normally just ensure there is clean DRY earth under my pumpkin.  This year
however the ground became waterlogged due to several thunderstorms and my cover
blowing off, so I placed some thin egg carton lids underneath to keep the bottom
of the pumpkin dry.

> They sure know how to make a tennis ball shrink in Medicine Hat !!! Great
> job guys !!!

Shhh! Don't give away our trade secret.


Bill Kournikakis
Medicine Hat, Alberta
"http://www2.memlane.com/bkournikakis"


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