Re: application rate
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: application rate
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:28:52 PDT
Don't worry about your vine not being 10 feet yet. I have 10 foot
vines with female flowers emerging but I also planted on April 15th and I
have 85 to 90 degree weather daily accept for the one freek hail storm that
nearly ruined me. Good luck!
>From: Jon L Jaussi <jljaussi@juno.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: application rate
>Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 23:54:05 EDT
>
>I use it just after irrigating once a week. N is more easily washed out
>of the soil than P & K. Also the manures that I put dow were heavily
>strawed, which tied up a lot of the nitrogen. The plant is a healthy
>green and the stem is fattening up nicely. I just am not having the vine
>run as fast as I would like it to. I hear about these 10 foot vines and
>get really discouraged. (not enough to kill my vine with too much
>nitro!) hehehe .............night time temps have been in the low 50's
>mostly. Do you think this is what's slowing me up? Everything was done
>right by the book (Don's Book). I have a regular soil testing schedule
>to assure against toxicity of any one nutriant. I guess I just gotta be
>patient................hmmmm............bummer
>
>Thanks again for the responses.
>
>Jon in UT
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>
>On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:14:23 EDT Pumkinguy@aol.com writes:
> >Jon,
> > A tablespoon per gallon would be too strong as a constant feed. I
> >assume
> >you are putting it on once a week for a few weeks. Watch the color of
> >your
> >newly opened leaves.....if they are dark green, cool it on the
> >nitrogen. A
> >properly fertilized A.G. will have a nice healthy medium green to the
> >new
> >foliage, that transforms to a dark green as the leaf gets large. If
> >the new
> >leaves are dark green just use plain water for a few weeks until it
> >straightens out. Cornell Univ. has done studies that have proven that
> >excessive nitrogen will give you too much foliage, fruit set problems
> >and
> >decreased yields
> > pumkinguy
> >
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