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Re: Female Flowers

Kurt Frederick wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric.
> 
> Potentially, any or all of the females could be pollenated and set fruit.
> However, I would allow the vines to become much longer before setting any
> fruit.  You can cut off the first females.  More will appear near the ends
> of your vines as they grow.
> 
> As far as burying, I would also let the vines grow a bit before I did that.
> I assume your vines are perhaps between 3 and 4 feet long as they were 25" a
> few days ago.  I wouldn't bury any female flowers (unless you are cutting
> them off that part of the vine anyway).  I'm not an expert on burying vines,
> but I wait until the leaf joint I'm burying has put out a side shoot that is
> perhaps 8" or more in length and a large thick tendril is growing out of it.
> I also leave the last 2 feet of vine unburied until it has fallen naturally
> to the ground.
> 
> Kurt Frederick
> 
> At 10:12 AM 6/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi Kurt,
> >       The shape of the ovaries are round and are about the size of a grape.
> >They are yellow.  They have 5 sepals.  What's puzzling to me is the
> >proximity of the flowers to the main root.  They are all within 20
> >inches.  Where's the pumpkin going to set?  There's not enough room for
> >a ton of pumpkin (hehehe) without smashing the plant.  I thought the
> >flowers were suppose to be out at ten feet.  I buried most of the vines
> >this morning, which brings me to another question.  These female flowers
> >are real close to the vine and make it difficult to bury the vines
> >without burying the flowers.  Is this normal?
> >
> >Eric
> >Port Orchard, WA
> >
> >

Hi Kurt,  I am a new 1st time grower and have planted the 1006.  Maybe
the manure mix was too fresh, or maybe the sun was too hot, but the first
week of transplant was bad .... leaves looked burned and color was off.
they drooped.  I tarped the plant, then a friend rototilled again and I 
added some peat moss to lighten the soil.  This was virgin soil top 
soil plus manure mix... 15 yards. I also added some dried blood.  Plants
new leaves look healthy and vine is growing.  I will fertilize 
with miracle grow this weekend.  Also I have a flower.  If you would be 
kind enough to give me your comments on what I've done wrong so far I 
would appreciate it... oh by the way I added a root feeder hose 
and a soaker hose to get the water in there.  Please be candid 
with your comments and suggestions... Specifically I am wondering if
the peat moss was the right thing to add to lighten up the soil texture.
 My email is th77@columbia.edu.  Thanks and hope to hear from you Kurt 
and anyone else who can help me.

Teri from NY Southern Tier
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