Re: application rate
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: application rate
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 22:34:40 EDT
Jon,
You're just fine. My best plant has a 1 foot vine right now. A person with
a 10 foot vine, or a pumpkin set at this time of year means absolutely
nothing....except the plant was started early. A pumpkin will only grow for a
certain number of days, depending on the # of degree days, genetics and
keeping the stress off the plant. A pumpkin that was set on May 1 will not
continue growing for another 150 days. More likely it will slow and stop dead
in its tracks by August1...............then the pumpkin will sit there for 2
months with no further growth. there are a few things that can happen to a
pumpkin that is ripe at the beginning of August and none of them are good.
Some people must start plants at different times to avoid bad weather but for
most a fruit set the first week of July is right on track. If you have a good
plant going, as the early birds begin to mature their fruit, you will fly by
them like a freight train in August and September. My little one foot vine
should have a fruit on it by then....maybe earlier. Slow and steady buddy!
You'll be just fine.
pumkinguy
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