Re: Too Much Rain
- Subject: Re: Too Much Rain
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:20:13 EDT
In a message dated 7/22/99 12:25:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
gheyne@millcomm.com writes:
> 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.
George, this happened one time last year, we have a LOT of plastic tenting,
and in 5 minutes, can put up a tent over the main pumpkin plants so they
don't get flooded. If you can get some cheaply, it might be worth it. Also, I
always plant in raised hills which are double dug with a sand base (about 3
feet down), to make sure all the excess water drains away.
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