Pollenating
Sorry for the confusion,did not mean to put this under two per hill.
Lilla Porter wrote:
> Hi All.
> I have just pollenated my first plant today.My 757 Dill {female}I
> pollenated with my 823 Dill. The vine on my 757 is now 11 ft long and the
> pumpkins is out 8 ft. My 352 is now 12 ft long and still have a few days
> before it will be ready to pollenate.The vines are growing an average of
> 6 to 7 inches a day.This is my second year of growing pumpkins and am way
> ahead of last year so am keeping my fingers crossed that this could be a
> good year for me.
> John Porter
> Nova Scotia
>
> cwarren@amis.com wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Unlike Ric in California I have all the space in the world,
> > but my plants aren't growing too fast! ;-)
> >
> > Anyway, I'm to the point where my plants are starting to
> > "lay down and crawl". I planted them in hills (small mounds)
> > and I have plenty of space between the hills. My question is,
> > on most of these hills I still have two plants growing. Should
> > I thin them down to one? My goal for this year is to get a
> > 100 lb pumpkin.
> >
> > I'm not sure if my hills are "hills", as some might think. They
> > are about one yard square, raised 6 to 8 inches in the middle.
> > I have plenty of space otherwise, up to 1/4 of an acre if I
> > wanted to use it all.
> >
> > Cliff in Idaho
> >
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