Re: Slowed Growth
- Subject: Re: Slowed Growth
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:24:49 PDT
well, let me know a few things. Where do you live and what is the temp
there. Also, how often are you fertilizing and with what. Do you use any
pesticides or fungicides and how much do you water?
>From: "Murphy, Steve" <smurphy@mpcproducts.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: Slowed Growth
>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:32:12 -0500
>
>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.
>
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