RE: Pumpkinguy on drip irrigation
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- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:59:09 -0800
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Curious if you have any special trick for treatment of powdery mildew. I
live on the Central Coast of California-quite damp. I always have a problem
with it. THanks.
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> From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
> Behalf Of Stewart Deans
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 2:08 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Pumpkinguy on drip irrigation
>
>
> Folks
>
> I have avoided overhead watering in an attempt to stop powdery mildue but
> find it does not make any difference the leaves are now almost completely
> white and where I have had sprinklers on the foliage it is no worse than
> elsewhere. Perhaps it is better just to give it the works.
>
> Stewart
> Canberra Aust
> the nation's capital
> sdeans@pcug.org.au
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pumkinguy@aol.com <Pumkinguy@aol.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date: Tuesday, 16 March 1999 13:44
> Subject: Re: Pumpkinguy on drip irrigation
>
>
> In a message dated 3/15/99 5:09:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> WBobier@aol.com
> writes:
>
> <<
> You said you use overhead watering instead of drip irrigation. I'm curious
> to
> why you stopped using drip and prefer overhead. I am considering
> installing
> an
> Irrigro drip system this spring. I used to do overhead, but have read that
> it
> can help promote disease especially bacteria wilt from cucumber beetles.
> Also
> it would make sense to reduce water loss due to evaporation. It would also
> help to keep a more uniform and constant soil moisture level. Just my
> thoughts. Anyway, just wondering why you switched.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
> >>
> Bill,
> Some people prefer not to water their foliage. Others water
> the leaves on
> purpose , to take advantage of the evaporative cooling to keep the plant
> cooler. I need the evaporative cooling for the temperature in inland
> Connecticut gets too hot. I usually grow 4 plants...1,000 square feet per
> plant so that will take a few feet of drip tape. The spacing of the drip
> tape
> will depend on soil type. A sandy soil will require closer spacing....the
> water tends to go down and not far laterally. A heavy soil, you
> might spread
> the tapes 2 or 3 feet apart. I might need 1,600 feet of tape for 4 plants.
> It's easier for me to put out two netafim mini sprinklers to cover the
> entire
> 1,000 square feet. They use about one third of a gallon per minute each.
> Throw
> on a fertilizer injector and a automatic valve and I'm under the tree
> drinking
> iced tea. Well....maybe not that easy. Disease will not be a problem with
> overhead watering if you have on/off cycles where the foliage is
> allowed to
> dry out completely, in between watering cycles. Knock the beetles
> out once a
> week and use a fungicide containing Chlorothalonil once a week.
> Note: I have
> a
> good drip irrigation system that is free, that you can use when
> the plant is
> small. Take a plastic, 1 gallon milk jug and prick it with a pin. If it
> doesn't drip fast enough, use a bigger pin. Plant gets bigger ....use 4 of
> them. Put a little peters or miracle grow in the milk jug,....now you have
> fertigation.I do alot of high tech stuff, but you don't have to. I've been
> overhead watering on time clocks for 15 years. Don't let anybody tell you
> that
> the water droplets act like magnifying glasses and burn the
> plants....it's a
> bunch of bull. To each his own.
> pumkinguy
>
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