Re: pumpkins in the home garden
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: pumpkins in the home garden
- From: S* T*
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 05:21:57 PST
Rick, nice to have a new comer on line, stick around and you may learn
something. Yes it's possible to grow 50-200lbers on the limited space
you have. My first year I cut the vine off at 8 feet when I had a fruit
on it, And I managed a 125 lber. Since then I have expanded my grow area
and leave about 1200' per plant. You can also make your vines run up a
trellis to save space. I do this on my pie pumpkins and it works
great.Hope this helps.Pumpkinpiper
>From: Rick.Lee@M3iSystems.QC.CA (Rick Lee)
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkin list <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: pumpkins in the home garden
>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:39:34 -0500
>
>Hello,
>
>Rookie here (first message), and I was wondering if anyone tried
growing
>the giant pumpkin in an area smaller than 2,500sq ft.
>
>I have been fascinated with the process of growing the giant pumpkin,
>and I want to get involved, but I live in the city and am stuck with
the
>limitation of a small backyard.
>
>My entire back yard is 3,000 sq ft, and I was planning on allocating
max
>500sq ft to the plant. My intention is not to grow a killer pumpkin,
>but one that is in the ballpark of about 80-150lbs. in my first year.
>
>These are my questions:
>1. Is it possible given my size limitation?
>2. Will the vines overrun the rest of my vegetable garden? (and
>backyard?)
>3. Is it better to have a square or a rectangular area?
>
>There is still snow on the ground here, but I wanted to plan my garden
>soon, and any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone could share
>their experiences with growing in a small area, that would be great!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rick Lee
>Kirkland, (Montreal) Canada
>
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