RE: Al Eaton (watering)
- Subject: RE: Al Eaton (watering)
- From: J* P*
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 14:43:13 -0500
Thats sounds like a good idea for me since the water hose is very far from
the patch!
How many gal. containers do you have for each plant? How often do you refill
them?
Thanks
Polly -TOTO Land
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> From: SteveS012@aol.com[SMTP:SteveS012@aol.com]
> Reply To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 2:27 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Al Eaton (watering)
>
> In a message dated 7/19/99 1:49:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Elkskin@aol.com
> writes:
>
> > If I'm correct that would be 89 gallons of water per day per 1000
> sq.
> > ft. plot, I have 4 Plots that size so that would be around 356 gallons
> per
> > day, that's a lot of water, I haven't been using half that amount and
> my
> > pumpkins are still averaging 4-5" in growth per day and my area just
> went
> > through a 4 1/2 week period with 0" rainfall, Largest pumpkin to date
> is
> > 76-57-54 OTT around 150 pounds, just my observation, but it will have
> to
> do
> > because I just don't have that much water available. (Elkskin)
> >
>
> Well just think how much they would grow if they had more water!
> Have you thought of water optimization? In other words soaking water only
> around the vines with taproots and around the hills? That can cut the
> amount
> down substantially. Say the main vine is 20 feet long, and the secondaries
> go
> out 8 feet, but at 45 degree angle, so take up about 8 feet wide. That's
> only
> 160 square feet per plant. Just over 80 gallons of water per plant per
> week.
> You could use a soaker hose along the vines, or sometimes I just fill a
> bunch
> of empty platic gallon milk containers with little holes in the bottom.
> One
> gallon container every couple of feet.
> This way, no water is wasted in evaporation, on leaf surfaces, or in areas
>
> which the roots do not access.
>
>
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