Re: Inside
Tom,
Hello it's andrew. Way too conservative. The heavy hitters in
Simcoe(Lloyd,Burke, Haegans) start their seed in last week of April up to
May 1st. They planted their seedlings out May 11 last year of course in a
protected enviroment ie. mini greehouse I planted my seedling on May 13 last
year for luck. Encountered no problems and had a vine 5 feet long by June
1st. Have to beat the heat in July or pumpkins won't set. Pollinate around
last week in June or First week in JUly but you want your plant big enough
to support the pumpkin. Your from the States I'm from Michigan. Nise to see
another transplanted Yank. andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: March 9, 2000 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Inside
> Hi,
>
> I grew up in northern Massachusetts, and we always used Memorial day
> 5/29 as the "safe" no frost date for setting out plants. Now I am in
> southern Ontario and they use Victoria day 5/22 as their frost free date.
>
> My plan was to start my seeds indoors on 5/7 and put them out on the 22nd.
> Am I being too conservative?
>
> I would appreciate input from people in southern Ontario.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 Pumkinguy@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Tom,
> > If you take the date that you would like to plant in the garden and
back
> > up 10 to 14 days, that is plenty of time. Beginning growers, sometimes,
think
> > that they are getting a jump on the competition by planting early
inside. As
> > you can see by the pumpkin cam, they get big fast. A big seedling does
not
> > transplant well. In connecticut, I usually set out the last week of
April to
> > the first week of May with small greenhouses for protection. As soon as
mine
> > come up....they are out. No hardening off to do, no transplant shock.
Down
> > south people are already going, but for the northerners, you still have
5 or
> > 6 weeks to go. Northerners, if you've already started plants.......you
might
> > consider starting some new ones in 5 weeks. Every year you will see
postings
> > where people have big spindly plants with vines, still in the pot. You
will
> > see a posting as follows " I transplanted my baby with a 2 foot vine the
> > other day, I already have flowers on it (stressed out from being in a
pot way
> > too long). Next day " Help!!! my plant looks like it is dying or very
> > weak....what can I do?" GET the seedling up quick and out in the garden
> > fast....weather permitting. A pumpkin plant will grow about 140 days
> > slightly longer in cool climates). If you have one in the ground now you
will
> > have a fully grown pumpkin in August just sitting around waiting to rot.
> > pumkinguy
> >
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