Re: shade

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• To: "Duncan McAlpine" <m*@eskimo.com>, <s*@concentric.net>
• Subject: Re: shade
• From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
• Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 23:06:51 -0800

Steve,

If you live in San Francisco you need not worry about cooling your pumpkin
plants. The marine influence will keep your temps just about right.
However, if you live East, North or South of San Francisco, temperatures
will increase by as much as 40F  with in a 20-30 minute drive. So, it could
be 70F in San Francisco and a 20 to 30 minute drive out of the City could
bring temps between 104F to 110F. In this case you will need to think about
cooling your plants to avoid heat stress!

Chris A.
Moraga, Calif.

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> From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
> To: sfinn@concentric.net
> Cc: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Re: shade
> Date: Tuesday, March 18, 1997 9:03 AM
> 
> steve finn wrote:
> > 
> > So you put the yellow round thing that turns into the pumpkin in a
> > styrafoam cooler, for shade, then when it grows out of it you put up a
> > shadeing structure over it. Is this correct?
> 
> Who said to put the pumpkin in a styrafoam cooler?  Could it be the same
> guy who said to put tanning loation on the pumpkin shell for UV
> protection?
> 
> Your pumpkin will grow and grow with 4 or 5 pumpkins on your vine until
> you deside which one or two pumpkins to stay with. There will be a time
> which you will have to deside which pumpkin to choose. So...can you see
> yourself with syrafoam coolers all over the place until you choose a
> pumpkin.  Since you live by the Golden gate and I will assume it will
> get
> hot, I would guess you will need some type of shading to protect you 
> growing pumpkin at the early stages. Chris was taking about using a
> misting
> system to keep cool, but the hell does he know. Wait..correction what
> the
> hell do I know...Maybe Chris can add on to this in a posting with some
> guidance.
> 
> Go and read http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
> 
> 
> -- 
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html

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