Re: (watering)
- Subject: Re: (watering)
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:27:58 PDT
Sounds like a lot of work to me steve
>From: SteveS012@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Al Eaton (watering)
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:27:08 EDT
>
>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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