Re: Southeastern Minnesota Update

I use cloth measuring tapes (sewing tape) to measure the pumpkins. One is
five feet in length and the other is ten feet.

A 6x8 foot blue tarp was used to cover this pumpkin and they usually can
be purchased at a hardware store, lumber store, etc. I usually use a 4x6
foot tarp, but I am optimistic this year. I tie the tarp with twine to six
foot steel posts. For the 4x6 tarp, I use four posts; 6x8 tarp, six posts. 
I use twine instead of wire because a strong wind can cause more damage
with wires than with twine. A tarp blowing with wires can damage a pumpkin
much more than a tarp with twine.  

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn.


On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Pumpkin Flower wrote:

> Sounds like you've got a great start in the patch, 12 inches in two days!!
> Please tell me what you use to measure your pumpkins , I am so afraid of
> damaging the fruit I don't want to scratch it .
> My best pumpkin so far is 12 days old from the 750 Smith , It's the size of
> a honey dew melon , looked like a cantilope yesterday , and a soft ball the
> day before. Hoping for a beach ball soon  :)
> You can probly tell by now this is only my second year growing.
> It is an exiting time in the patch.
> What do you hold your shade tarpes up with? , I need to start shading also.
> 
> Pumpkin Flower in Mass.
> 
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