RE: poor start
I read about a good solution for heating your water. Get yourself a 55
gallon drum (preferably plastic) fill it with water in the morning and let
it warm up all day. Then water your plants in the evening. This also works
well because you can add your water soluble fertilizers and kill two birds
with one stone. Anyone else tried this?
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
Of djsquires@ultraplix.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:58 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: poor start
My brother gave me the tip about warm water.
He started a couple plants late and still got a 600lb one
using warm water every day. The plants went crazy to
about 40ft in diameter vine spread. Healthiest I ever saw.
80-90 degrees F seems best. I wish I had time and money
to put in underground solar heating coils.
Dave
> Thanks for the tip about the warm water...I am on the east coast of
> Canada( brrrrr) and am finding that while my plants looked healthy and
> hearty in the pot they are wilting, with leaves turning white, and not
> growing since transplanted...
> Missy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <djsquires@ultraplix.com>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: poor start
>
>
>> Water them with warm water and that should help a lot.
>> Don't water with cold tap water. Keep the ground warm
>> as well. They should get back on track.
>>
>> DRS
>>
>>> We had a terrible start to the season in central MI. Some late frosts
>>> and
>>> freezes. My seedlings were in pots about 1-2 weeks too long. Right
>>> now
>>> the
>>> growth seems stunted. Will the plants rebound or will they be stunted
>>> for
>>> the year?
>>>
>>> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which
>>> had
>>> a name of winmail.dat]
>>> We had a terrible start to the season in central MI. Some late frosts
>>> and
>>> freezes. My seedlings were in pots about 1-2 weeks too long. Right
>>> now
>>> the
>>> growth seems stunted. Will the plants rebound or will they be stunted
>>> for
>>> the year?
>>>
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