Re: tricking your pumpkins
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: tricking your pumpkins
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:35:37 -0300
>I was reading the discussion on vine longevity and came up with a question...
>
>Does anybody know the environmental cues which cause a vine to advance
>through the stages of its lifecycle? The fact that early-planted pumpkins
>tend to mature early suggests that the clock is largely internal. On the
>other hand, it *seems* like pumpkins in northern areas have a compressed
>growth period relative to pumpkins in lower latitudes.
>
>I'm wondering if we can "trick" a pumpkin plant into growing first on an
>Ottawa schedule, and *then* on a California plan. If we understood more
>about these effects, we might be able to add a few extra pounds.
>
> Dan Shapiro
>
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Dan, I take it by compressed you are saying... they sock on the pounds in a
shorter time frame.....which i really think points to climatic
conditions..Ottawa natural condition may be ideal for growing these
AGs..things to further think about is ....are the Ottawa pumpkins done
growing when their season turns or if they had the California warmth
could they go further........we on the flip side of that ..if we could cool
things down and sock on the pounds then milk the Cal heat.......I think
were in the best position because its easier to cool things down than warm
up the climate.............brock
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