Re: Late Start
- Subject: Re: Late Start
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:43:32 PDT
Sure, there are not set days to maturity, but I don't think if you started
today, you would have a pumpkin any older than one month old and 10 days by
the end of october for late competitions. I assume you could get one up to
500 if you had awesome weather but it gets cold in late september most
places and your plant would likely go down to frost or just grow really slow
with the cold. But then again you could get out a heater. But then even
with that I only think a 500 lbs pumpkin would arize.
>From: SteveS012@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Late Start
>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:22:09 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/22/99 6:42:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>thepumpkinmaster@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > The reason you can't start a seed now and be competitive is because
>there
> > are not enough days. The competitions are on the first week of october
>and
> > by then you would still have a baby. It could be 2 or 3 hundred llbs
>but
> > that is it. It may grow to be competitive one day but there will be no
> > official weigh off for it, and thus no competition
> >
> >
>
>True, I agree with you on this part, sort of. ALL weighoffs are not at the
>same time. There are some weighoffs that are closer to mid-late October.
>Also, pumpkins all grow differently, it is POSSIBLE to get one big enough
>for
>a weighoff by then. I grew Burpee Prizewinners last year which have a
>maturation date of 120 days. They were 200 pounds (about as heavy as they
>get), ripe, and and DONE in less than 90 days. (Well the first couple that
>were set were). This was without even burying the vines.
>It is all about removing the obstacles that set you back. Corn is another
>really good example of this. Farmers do go by "days to maturity" to space
>out
>plantings of sweet corns that need to be isolated, (especially varieties
>with
>the sh2 gene). But most also factor in a mathemetical formula (I forgot the
>exact formula) that goes by heat. The hotter it is, the faster the corn
>will
>grow and mature. It could take a stalk of corn 80 days to mature to a full
>ear. If the weather averages 20 degrees higher, you can get the same ear in
>40-50 days! Same goes with rain. Ever notice your lawn, it won't grow at
>all
>in dry or cooler weather, but as soon as it rains and gets warmer, you will
>be mowing every other day. (Actually a stalk of corn is just one big blade
>of
>grass). Anyway, the point is I don't think there are any hard, set,
>unbreakable rules when it comes to "days to maturity", or anything else.
>When
>obstacles like these come up, you just need to find a way to overcome them.
>Or at least do the best you can.
>
>
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