Re: Size and depth of AG root system
Here are a few tips i would give you, i'm sure you'll get a few more.
1. They don't need that much space!! in my opinion 1000sqft max. each
2. Don't grow so many, 10 is far too many for a first year grower unless you
are looking after them full time
3. Concentrate your energies on less plants to produce a big one rather than
spread it between 10 to make 10 not so big ones. (that's most peoples goal
here).
4. Make sure you prepare your site well, lastly, perhaps if you ahve not
already get Don Langevins book, How to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins (II).
This will prove an invaluable aid to you at the start of your AG growing
career.
one last thing, start networking on this list and learn from it. Try and
get the best seed possible be it from growers on the list, Howard Dill or
Ray Waterman.
All the best and hope this helps, i'm sure you'll get more tips
Chris
(in the UK)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bacon, Ray <ray.bacon@missouri.edu>
To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: 20 March 2001 20:31
Subject: Size and depth of AG root system
>Hi pumpkin farmers,
>
>I have been reading that AGs' require somewhere between 900 and 2500 square
>feet of growing space per plant. What I am wondering is, if any of you
know
>how large and deep AG root systems get. If I were to prepare beds 10 feet
>x10 feet by 1 feet deep, leaving 2500 square feet between beds, do you
think
>that would be appropriate? How about 15x15 by 1.5 feet deep?
>
>I hope to start about 10 plants, therefore I cannot till the whole 2500
>square feet per plant. What are others of you doing?
>
>Thanks in Advance!
>
>Ray Bacon
>First Year pumpkin grower
>
>
>P.S. I am in central Missouri. I am thinking about starting my plants
April
>1st indoors and moving them to the outdoor beds around the 15th. Am I crazy
>for starting that early? I need to complete in our state fair on August
>9th, so I really don't have much of a choice.
>
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