Re: Medicine Hat Update - July 5th
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Medicine Hat Update - July 5th
- From: B* &* P* K* <b*@memlane.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 21:51:18 -0600
- References: <000d01bdaa06$ec92a0c0$fda22299@default>
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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