Re: Culling Baby Pumpkins
- Subject: Re: Culling Baby Pumpkins
- From: b*
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:09:27 -0800
>Group,
>Have been receiving your e-mails for approx a month now. Info has been
>great, please keep it coming. Would have made a lot of dumb mistakes
>without group discussions on all facets of AG growing. Have been able to
>browse archives for alot of background info.
>My questions concern when to cull baby pumpkins??? Between July 5 and
>July 10 I pollenated 21 flowers. 18 successes. On July 19 I culled out 9
>babies which were the slowest growing/day, leaving 9 on the plant.
>Largest pumpkin 37 inches circ at day 14.
>
>1. How fast should I continue culling?
>2. When two pumpkins are on the same vine will the pumpkin closet to the
>growing tip grow more slowly than the one closet to planting hole or
>vice versa.One at 10' and other at 13'.
> Thanks and keep the info pouring in.
>
>Brian White
>Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
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mmmmmBrian
Work down till you get your top 4-5.......then watch for a while.....a
couple of weeks............and narrow down to your best 2............
The one closest to the main root will usually grow the fastest if two are
set on the same vine.......Perhaps that would be a good way to thin out
just have one on each vine..................................best of
luck...brock
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