Pumpkins in pots???
Hello all you great pumpkin growers,
My name is Mike and I'm new to this group. I'm also a novice pumpkin grower
who would like to get into "big-time" growing in the future, but for now I'm
limited to growing a dozen or so a year with my kids...they love it (almost
as much as me). As an active duty air force family we move around quite a
bit, and are currently preparing to move to Colorado Springs at the end of
June. I know we'll be behind the power curve for planting, but I would like
to try growing some pumpkins for Halloween when we arrive in early July to
C. Springs. Does anyone have any advice on trying to grow pumpkins in large
pots? We're renting a house and I don't want to dig up the yard if I can
avoid it.
Thanks,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: COMPUTRESE@aol.com <COMPUTRESE@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: styrofoam? for Barb
>In a message dated 06/04/2001 9:07:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>GBPUMPKIN@aol.com writes:
>
><< Barb:
>
> Have you ever had insects eat it? I had lined the Chicken house roof with
>it
> and Beetles laid eggs in it and the grubs ate it! So I don't dare use it.
>
> George
> >>
>George:
>
>No, never had bugs infest the syrofoam under my pumpkins. I use the 2"
thick
>stuff.
>
>Florida has the record on gigantic bugs and our populations of insects and
>such are outrageous due to year round warmth, so I wonder why they infested
>your styrofoam hen house roof yet don't come near my foam? Could it be
>they're after a good, dry and warm medium for hatching eggs? My patch is
>sprayed often, so the bugs wouldn't want to set up homemaking in such a
wet,
>hostile place.
>
>Barb
>
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