Re: HELLO, and What did I do wrong- small plants?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: HELLO, and What did I do wrong- small plants?
- From: G* H* <g*@midas.millcomm.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:28:43 -0500 (CDT)
That is difficult to do when you have to carry the water in with a 5
gallon bucket. :) No faucets, no electricity, etc.
George Heyne
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Vickie Brock wrote:
> >Hi, all you out there in the garden! You must have long
> >extension cords to get the computer out that far
> >from the house! I just joined the list- I've been
> >lurking in the archives quite a while,
> >and I finally have a question that spurned me to join.
> >
> >After reading lots of updates, and seeing photos
> >on the web... it seems that my plants are deficient,
> >and I'm wondering where I went wrong!
> >
> >To summarize:
> >I have 3 plants from unknown-parentage Atlantic Giant seed bought locally
> >from Agway.
> >As of 7/5, largest AG plant was 14' long, but NO secondaries;
> >quite healthy, with only 20 leaves, largest 14". Garden gets full sun
> >2-8:30 PM.
> >Watered (almost) daily, around 4-5 gallons spread across 3 plants.
> mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>
> I did a double take 4-5 gallons for 3 plants.....maybe this is a
> typo..................this might be your number one problem! Some growers
> water an excess of 100 gals a day per plant site......if you have not been
> watering your hole patch the roots won't go into dry dirt......if you think
> this is it start adding more water and slowly work up to at least 50-100
> gals for the plant..every other day..as you get late afternoon sun..and
> watch...mark the the growing tip and and see if it start to
> blast....off......good luck...brock
>
>
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