Re: LOOKING FOR ANSWERS

Greg-

1)  pumpkins will abort at that size for "who knows why" - but for sure
due to heat, was it hot when this happened?    I don't think it was a
fungus problem, when they turned pale that was just the sign that they
were aborting- they just didn't "take".  if it was hot then you can try
to cool them down. there was some talk about this within the group, in
June i think. 

2)  A growth chart for a 617 lb pumpkin grown by George Brooks in 1991
can be found at:
http://www.athenet.net/~dang/OPP/brooks/P617-691.html

here is part of that chart the fruit was set on 6/23
DATE    SIZE    +/day
-----------------------------------
4-Jul   29.500                            
5-Jul   33.000  3.500                      
6-Jul   36.000  3.000                                 
7-Jul   39.000  3.000                          
8-Jul   41.500  2.500                  
9-Jul   45.000  3.500                                
10-Jul  48.000  3.000   
11-Jul  51.500  3.500  
12-Jul  55.500  4.000   
13-Jul  59.500  4.000                  MAX GROWTH
14-Jul  62.750  3.250                               
15-Jul  65.500  2.750                                 
16-Jul  68.000  2.500   
17-Jul  71.000  3.000      
18-Jul  74.000  3.000                              
19-Jul  77.375  3.375                                        
20-Jul  80.000  2.625                                         
21-Jul  83.000  3.000                 
22-Jul  85.250  2.250                                           
23-Jul  87.500  2.250                  
24-Jul  89.875  2.375                                         
25-Jul  92.375  2.500 
26-Jul  94.500  2.125                
27-Jul  96.125  1.625                   
28-Jul  98.000  1.875   
29-Jul  100.000 2.000   
30-Jul  101.375 1.375      HEIGHT 30.250 (APPROX)
31-Jul  102.875 1.500     

the main page also has lots of good stuff is at:
http://www.athenet.net/~dang/pumpkins.html

I'm not sure on 3) and 4).  someone else willhave to help you there.
Good Luck
Gordon Tanner
Maple Valley, Wa

>I have several questions for the group to tackle. 1. Last year I had
>several pumpkins abort at roughly volleyball size. They turned a paler
>shade of yellow before falling off. Was this a fungal problem? If so
>would a copper treatment cure this? Can the copper be applied directly
>to young pumpkins? 2. What is a good growth rate for the pumpkins? How
>many inches/day? What would be a good 14 day measurement? 3. How much
>fertilizer should be applied /plant? In other words, after making the
>fertilizer solution, how many gallons/plant should be applied?(I tested
>very low for nitrogen and potassium, and adequate for phosphorus) 4.
>What is a good growth rate for vines in inches/day?

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