Re: Wayne, Al Eaton, slings and sand
beth,
I've tried egg cartons but if your fighting moisture they were like sponges,
then I tried the plastic plantertrays but they collapse even when doubled up. a
good mound of hay worked pretty goo but it was a dry year. (should work ok if
you get rain and sun) looks like Im not going to have to pick a support this
year too much rain. Big leaves, no vine. good luck mike in anchorage.
Alan & Sharon Eaton wrote:
> 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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