Re: Pumpkin growth rates
- Subject: Re: Pumpkin growth rates
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:23:28 EDT
Greg,
Pumpkin #2 and#3 are growing at a good rate. #1 is a little slow if it was
going to be a really big one. The trick is to keep the 2 inch per day rate
for a while and taper off slowly. Keep your present approach going. It is
important to keep consistent watering and fertilizing. You could slow down
the pumpkin by withholding water, but who wants to do that. You are doing
fine. Keep conditions optimum and the pumpkin will cruise in and taper down
in growth rates naturally. When a pumpkin approaches maturity and slows down,
big jolts of fertilizer will not speed anything up......just stress it and
make it mature more quickly.
pumkinguy
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