Re: Too Much Rain
- Subject: Re: Too Much Rain
- From: L* R*
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 00:57:45 -0400
Hard to believe somewhere is getting toomuchwater,, and we were just put on
drought emergency..
No watering, no car washing.. no lawn watering.. big fines.. maybe we can
average the two out George!
George Heyne wrote:
> Southeastern Minnesota and Northern Iowa has received way too much rain
> in the last 4 or 5 days. In my patch, it essentially stopped my females
> from blooming, rained during the morning hours which did not allow
> pollination, or helped cause the pollinated pumpkins to die. Now that
> the rain is over, the sun is out and the temperatures will be in the
> lower 90s. Again, not good for pumpkin pollination.
>
> Last Friday, the patch received one inch of rain. By the end of Sunday,
> another 2.8 inches fell and another 1.3 inches was in the gauge Tuesday
> morning. Does that mean I do not have to water for five weeks. :)
> Other areas received a lot more rain, so I do consider that the
> Rochester area was lucky. I heard that one area in Iowa received 25
> inches of rain in the past week. That is almost the yearly average for
> the area.
>
> Do not have to worry whether I should use the drip, mist. or sprinkler
> method of watering.
>
> George Heyne
> Rochester, Mn.
>
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