RE: (watering)
- Subject: RE: (watering)
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:29:02 PDT
Use as many jugs as needed to get the proper water to your area and refil
when empty.
>From: "Jones, Polly" <Polly.Jones@Wichita.BOEING.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: RE: Al Eaton (watering)
>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
>
> > ----------
> > 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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