RE: fertilizing
- Subject: RE: fertilizing
- From: t* c* <t*@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:02:23 -0700
Definately not boring...I am quietly learning soo much...thank you for
asking.
Linka Chapman
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:06:17 -0500
> Subject: Re: fertilizing
> From: brian8t@gmail.com
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
>
> you're not boring some of us.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net> wrote:
>
> > I take it that you do not dissolve this in water?
> >
> > Contact me off list at yorunk13@att.net so I don't bore the list with my
> > questions.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 8:13:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: fertilizing
> >
> > Deb,
> >
> > Here's a recipe from extremepumpkinstore.com: mix 5 lbs mycorrhizae, 1
cup
> > soluble kelp(or seaweed concentrate), 1/2 cup soluble humic acid.
Sprinkle
> > 1
> > tablespoon around, under, over(whatever) each leaf node. Cover each leaf
> > node
> > with fertile soil, compost, what have you.
> >
> > If you fertilize using a hose end sprayer or irrigation system deeply
once
> > a
> > week and foliar spray once a week, you are on your way to a nice
> > pumpkin--don't forget to water every other day more or less, depending on
> > rainfall and your soil type(advice from Dick Wallace).
> >
> > Check out the fertilizing programs at extremepumpkinstore.com and
> > hollandsgiants.com. for more ideas
> >
> > Steve.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 6/28/10, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> > Subject: Re: fertilizing
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 11:51 AM
> >
> > Does anyone use fertilizer when burying the leaf nodes? Do you bury the
> > entire main, or just at the nodes?
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Sent: Sun, June 27, 2010 9:09:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: fertilizing
> >
> > Deb,
> >
> > You're doing fine with the timing on the insecticide. You should aim to
> > mist
> > the plants top and underneath the leaves just to the point of runoff.
> > Ultra-violet rays and wet insecticide will burn the plant.
> >
> > Fungicides can applied any time of the day, as far as I know. I usually
do
> > my
> > plants first thing in the morning, around sunrise, but that's my
schedule.
> >
> > High nitrogen fertilizers are for plant growth from late April/early May
> > until
> > @3 weeks before flowering. Now is the time to start applying high
> > phosphorus
> > fertilizers(xx-XX-xx) to get plenty of male and female flowers.
> > Hollandsgiants.com, extremepumpkinstore.com, Miraclegro, Jacks and others
> > are
> > sources of high phosphorus fertilizers, although I would stick to organic
> > for
> > better success.
> >
> > Good growing.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > PS Cover the whole plant EXCEPT the stump/crown/base of the plant(where
> > the
> > plant started) with your ferts. I killed my pumpkins 2 years in a row
> > because
> > I didn't know to KEEP THE BASE OF THE PLANT DRY
> >
> > --- On Sun, 6/27/10, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> > Subject: Re: fertilizing
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 8:22 AM
> >
> > When to you switch to XX-xx-xx? According to Don Langevin's book Giant
> > Pumpkins III it should be week 5. My understanding of XX-xx-xx is that it
> > is
> > for green growth. He mentions using Urea or Calcium Nitrate. I have
> > looked
> > and have only seen Bloodmeal with those numbers in the stores. Can I get
> > the
> > others anywhere? And does it come in soluble form?
> >
> > Also noted from reading that most of the fert., except for fish emulsion
> > and
> > seaweed, should be drenched at the base of the plant. Do you not need to
> > drench at the leaf nodes where they have roots?
> >
> > Steve, you mentioned fungicide and insecticide late afternoon so the sun
> > doesn't burn the plants and the plants are dry before night. My garden
> > gets
> > mid-morning to evening sun. I have been spraying around 7 pm, but don't
> > think
> > it is totally dry before night fall. Do you see this as a problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Sent: Sun, June 20, 2010 12:50:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: fertilizing
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > At the minimum fish and seaweed emulsion at least once a week, preferably
> > in
> > the morning. Foliar spray each once a week( at the latest) a couple hours
> > before sunset so it's dry before dark. Fungicide and insecticide late
> > afternoon so it's dry before dark--sun on chemicals burns plants.
> >
> > It can't rain ALL the time.
> >
> > Do your best, hope for the best. Sometimes the weather wins in spite of
> > all
> > you do.
> >
> > Many people construct greenhouses to beat the weather--most of us can't
> > afford
> > that luxury.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Steve Minor
> >
> > --- On Sun, 6/20/10, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> > Subject: fertilizing
> > To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 8:58 AM
> >
> > I was wondering if you can fertilize if there has been alot of rain. I
> > haven't fertilized in a couple of weeks since we have been getting rain
> > almost
> > every day and more is expected over the next 4 days. I think they could
> > use
> > some fert. but it is so darn wet. Also what should I do my fungicide and
> > insecticide program with all of the rain?
> >
> > Debbie
> >
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