Re: Fwd: Pollinated two more this morning....WhoooHooo!!!

See now you got me all excited! Bad thing is I don't really plan on
growing a huge hummer but plenty of smaller lets say 50lb+. This is my
first year and I'm still testing my area. I live in California and you
know here that the yards arent that big. I have maybe a 20x25 ft area to
work with and 6 plants growing. I have two 800+lb seeds I bought from
P&P seeds on one hill which are growing like crazy, 2 plants from 400+lb
seeds from P&P on a hill around 2-3 ft from my 800+lb hill which is
growing pretty fast now, and 2 more 400+lb plants on a hill around 10ft
away which I transplanted early on. I can tell my problem now is going
to be pruning these things. They are growing every which way but loose
and I'm wondering should I start cutting secondary vines and leafs. It's
so hard to start cutting because I can some more little female starting
to grow and it's just a shame to half to go and cut them off. But I know
I will have to because these six plants are starting to take over my
yard....

Ric

Beth Rado wrote:
> 
> >.... Now just sit back, Relax,
> 
> Ah, Ric, you make me laugh.  NOW is when the fun starts... build those shade
> structures, water, fertilize, prune,  steady, steady,  not too much, not too
> little.
> 
> Remember, as the fruit comes down, get a good (2'x2', at least) chunk of
> styrofoam under each one to protect from bugs or slugs or moles or whatever
> other vermin you can think of.  They will grow fast, and you don't want to
> try to pick it up later to get the styrofoam under it.
> 
> Also, remember the pumpkins have to be positioned correctly on the vine.
> When they are about basketball sized, you start moving them - an inch or
> less a day so as to not crack the stem, and always in the heat of the
> afternoon when they are less crisp - until the stem is at a right angle to
> the vine.  That way it won't grow itself off the vine when it gets bigger!
> 
> Isn't this fun!?
> 
> Beth
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