RE: application rate
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: application rate
- From: T* B*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:50:03 -0700
Greetings,
I agree, I just planted my seeds in peat pots last weekend. This morning
nothing.
Got home from work this evening - 3 of 6 poked through just a little. What a
great day! The growing season starts.
I will plant in them in the plot Sunday or Monday. I only have room for one
plant when all is said and done.
Here in Silicon Valley, California I found my personal best comes from a
pumpkin set first or second week of July. Earlier does nothing but have the
pumpkin(s) stop gaining weight too early.
The weather this year has been cold, overcast and we even had rain yesterday
morning. Very, very unusual.
2 years ago I was the early bird (planted early May) and lost all 3 pumpkins
after they all had stopped growing. Last year both made it to Halloween in
great shape and the bigger to the Half Moon Bay weigh off! I planted June
10th.
Plant length at this time of year is not a good indicator of anything.
Except as said best below: "except the plant was started early"
Plenty of growing time left here in Northern California.
-Tom in Los Altos
-----Original Message-----
From: Pumkinguy@aol.com [SMTP:Pumkinguy@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 7:35 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: application rate
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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