Re: Heat
- Subject: Re: Heat
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 09:19:03 PDT
HI turkeyman from ELk Grove. I mist daily and get temps down to the 90's
and high 80's daily and with lows at about 65 I am right neat that temp you
say I need to be at. Thanks for your two cents. I will make sure to keep
up them misting.
>From: Ken & Charlotte Mitchell <twoturkey@juno.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Heat
>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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