Re: Slowed Growth
- Subject: Re: Slowed Growth
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:20:43 EDT
In a message dated 7/13/99 2:34:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
smurphy@mpcproducts.com writes:
<< Subj: RE: Slowed Growth
Date: 7/13/99 2:34:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: smurphy@mpcproducts.com (Murphy, Steve)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com ('pumpkins@mallorn.com')
Please see that I've filled out the information below as requested. Thanks
for the help. Steve M.
-----Original Message-----
From: GBPUMPKIN@aol.com [G*@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:12 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Slowed Growth
In a message dated 7/13/99 12:38:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
smurphy@mpcproducts.com writes:
<< Subj: Slowed Growth
Date: 7/13/99 12:38:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: smurphy@mpcproducts.com (Murphy, Steve)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com ('pumpkins@mallorn.com')
I'm a new AG grower and have been doing well I thought up until this last
week. The plant that was pollinated on 6/25 and first started growing well
adding up to 3 inches a day to begin with. On 7/4 my pumpkin was 28 inches
in circumference. However in the last 7 days my pumpkin has only grown to
41 inches in circumference. The growth rate has slowed considerable to 1-2
inches per day. Other than that, the plant looks real healthy and is
shooting off secondary & tertiary vines with no bugs in sight. Also, the
only other pollinated females have aborted at about the size of baseballs.
Any ideas how to jump start the growth on my pumpkin would be appreciated.
Thanks. Steve M.
>>
Need the following to get a better idea on how it's doing.
Daytime highs temps: 4 days of 95 then 3 of 80-85
Nighttime low temps: 4 days of 75-80 then 3 days of 60-70
Number of cloudy or mostly cloudy days: 1 day when the weather became cooler
Watering amounts: about 1/2 every other day
Rainfall amounts: 1.25" for the week
All of the above affect growth rates. If everything is right with the
weather it should grow 3" plus a day.
George
>>
The growth should not have slowed at this stage with those weather
conditions. Check the vine over real good for problems.
George
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