Re: Scarry Stuff
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Scarry Stuff
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 06:49:30 EDT
In a message dated 7/8/98 7:23:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
marcellus@cybertap.com writes:
<< Subj: Scarry Stuff
Date: 7/8/98 7:23:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: marcellus@cybertap.com (Bob Marcellus)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com ('pumpkins@mallorn.com')
Pumpkin World
Excerpt from my Mar 1997 article on "The Growth Rates of World Class
Pumpkins"
Average Weight gain/Day (lbs/day)Required to grow world Class Pumpkins
Days from 10 lbs. 860 lb Pumpkin 1010 Ib pump
0-5 2.5 2.5
5-10 10 10
10-15 22.4 24.2
15-20 24.4 26.8
20-25 23 27.1
25-30 20.7 24.7
30-35 17.4 20.1
35-40 12.6 16.3
40-45 9.6 12.4
45-50 7.6 9.7
50-55 6.4 7.7
55-60 4.8 6.4
60-65 3.6 4.9
65-70 2.5 3.6
70-75 1.8 2.2
75-80 1 1.4
A 10 lb pumpkin will have over the top masures of 70"
What this table tells us is that we basically have 60-65 days to pack on the
weight and what Al Eaton is saying if up here in the Ottawa area if we are not
at 80" circumference (142 lbs) by Aug 1 then for us to get 60 good growing
days its not gonna happen. Since we have frost in early Sept many yrs.
The data was reduced from Dejong,Emmons,Brown,Lyons,LaRue,McIntyre and Eaton
World Class Pumpkins. And represents Washington, Minnisota, and Ontario Data.
But I believe that the AG's growing curve will be mostly the same everywhere.
So get on with blowing those pumpkins up.
Good luck.
Bob - 663-1995, & POV
>>
I have the same problem here even though I'm in Massachusetts. My micro
climate is affected by my low elevation and I can have a killing frost by
September 15 many years. To combat this I try and set fruit 6/20 - 7/10 and
go like hell to try and get as big as possible by 8/1. After 8/15 the nights
can get quite cool here, and I have had a touch of frost every month except
July at least once in the last 25 years here.
George
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