Heat
- Subject: Heat
- From: K* &* C* M*
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 00:03:55 -0700
Everyone that has grown these pumpkins for a few year in the California
Valley or been involved in Agriculture long enough, will tell you that
the growing conditions are ideal for many vegetables. Pumpkins is not
one of them. The extreme temps shut down all cell activity, my turkeys
can tell you that. The heat is ideal for many crops, but the early
maturity of the vine and fruit will occur more rapidly during extreme
heat periods. As Brock has said in the past we can plant in mid May and
catch growers who planted a month earlier within days. Early fruits in
this valley will be mush by September if those long dog days appear.
This plant has only so many temperature days and when you reach that
point you quit growing and then you go DOWN hill. 145* temps is ideal
(adding the day high and night low temps together). If California is
going to be successful in the championship then it will take great
management practices and alot of luck.
Turkeyman
Elk Grove
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:19:28 PDT The Pumpkin Master
<thepumpkinmaster@hotmail.com> writes:
> Yes, so far this "pumpkin belt" has produced the best pumpkins but I
>am
>sure California will soon overtake the crown of "pumpkin belt" This
>should
>be due to the longer season we have here, we can plant early and
>harvest
>late due to longer heat and no frost. All that needs to be done is to
>have
>the heat controled and that can be done with misters. What do you all
>
>think? and don't say, "where are all the big ones grown" because
>until now
>only you guys in the east really grew them.
> Greg in sunny california
>
>
>
>>From: COMPUTRESE@aol.com
>>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>>Subject: Fwd: heat
>>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:00:05 EDT
>>
>>Hi, everyone:
>>
>>Since the pumpkin belt has been discussed lately, I thought it was
>worth
>>mentioning that this topic is covered in detail in volume II, How To
>Grow
>>World Class Giant Pumpkins. For those who are interested in
>referring, it
>>begins on page 52, Chapter 4. Don explains clearly how the sun hits
>the
>>Earth, and how the pumpkin belt was designated, based upon length of
>
>>daylight
>>hours and the number of frost-free growing days. The latter
>consideration
>>is
>>important because pumpkins generally take 120-150 days to grow.
>>
>>Good reading.
>>
>>Barb
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 7/7/99 4:50:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>SteveS012@AOL.com
>>writes:
>>
>><<
>> > It does get hot up there. But I think that it mainly has to do
>with the
>> > lonnnnng daylight hours.
>> > John
>> >
>>
>> How much longer are the daylight hours than say, the midwest USA?
>> This is really interesting....it starts me thinking. That is not
>always
>>good.
>> I might start having dreams of figuring out a way to rig up a
>thousand
>>watt
>> lighting system.....nah! But if I were rich!!!! Heh heh! Wouldn't
>that be
>> cool though? I mean it could be automatic to go on when it was too
>
>>overcast,
>> and also at specified times to extend the daylight hours, etc. Hmm,
>of
>>course
>> this would imply that pumpkins are really NOT getting the optimal
>light
>>level
>> after all, and maybe letting the side vines grow MORE leaves might
>be
>>good.
>> Also, last year I came up with a system of selective pruning, where
>I
>>only
>> let the vines and leaves grow that would be exposed to the most
>sunlight.
>>If
>> they were in the shade (of other vines, or the pumpkins), I figured
>they
>>were
>> not really needed.
>> I thought MAYBE the Canadian weather might have something else,
>like
>>coolness
>> later in the season? I don't know. Someone needs to do a detailed
>>comparison
>> and make some charts or something!
>>
>> >>
>>
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>
>
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