Re: Wayne, Al Eaton, slings and sand
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- Subject: Re: Wayne, Al Eaton, slings and sand
- From: A* &* S* E* <e*@magma.ca>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 20:10:24 -0400 (EDT)
Beth-I did try sand one year,it is ok but I found it a lot of work since I
was adding it as the fruit grew.
I have tried various things but I prefer using 1" styrofoam.Buying some
tomorrow.-Al E.
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At 09:15 08/07/98 PDT, you wrote:
>Wayne and Al Eaton and anyone else....
>
>Al Eaton, I would be grateful if you would address this sand question...
>I've heard this is your technique. Has it been successful and are you
>continuing to use sand under your set pumpkins?
>
>
>Wayne, I was going back through the archives and saw a post where you
>mentioned growing a pumpkin in a sling to get a round bottom. Well I
>don't care about a round bottom, but I am concerned about dampness and
>rot. Also, I may have a unique set-up... my plants are started in an 8'
>x 12' raised garden, and the vines trail out over the grass. I have
>topsoil mounded up from the grass to (and over) the edges of the garden
>so the vines can have a smooth transition out to the grass. The raised
>garden drains very well, but some parts of the sloped yard tend to get
>waterlogged when we have a lot of rain. I expect any pumpkins that set
>to be out on the grass somewhere.
>
>Now one secondary is coming off the edge with a female blossom a little
>past the edge of the garden. The garden at that spot is about a foot
>and a half high. If this pumpkin sets, and if I could figure out how to
>support it and lower it bit by bit, the vine could stay level and the
>fruit could grow down instead of the other way around. I was already
>thinking about some kind of sling, thinking that air circulation
>underneath might be better than having the pumpkin on the grass - this
>particular spot would stay pretty wet.
>
>So, Wayne, please lend your voice of experience to this sling idea.
>I've considered sand, too, though we have zillions of ants, who always
>show up to carry sand away. I guess I could soak it with diazinon...
>Actually a sand mountain might be perfect, if the ants would haul it
>away at the same rate that the pumpkin grew... There's a thought.
>
>Then there are egg cartons and what are my other alternatives here,
>anyway? Anybody?? Everybody??
>
>Beth
>
>p.s. Has anyone else noticed that no matter what pumpkin idea you come
>up and no matter how crazy you think it is, Wayne has already tried it??
>I thought I had him a while back with the chromosome doubling thing, but
>nope! He's 'been there, done that,' too.
>
>>
>>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?
>>
>
>
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