RE: Clarification on Seed Starting Date.
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Clarification on Seed Starting Date.
- From: J* P*
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:44:27 -0600
Thanks Bob!
That will help alot!! I would think in two weeks I could get them started in
the greenhouse. I have a question, what is the material recommended for
putting
the pumpkin on while it is growing? Plywood?
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> From: Bob Marcellus[SMTP:marcellus@cybertap.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 7:08 AM
> To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: Clarification on Seed Starting Date.
>
> I sent out our Spencerville Fair Suggested Growing Procedures to the group
>
> and TOTO Land wanted to know if May 1 was too late for her. I replayed
> that
> May 1 was OK. Now I think that one should get a map of North America and
> Find Spencerville (Strait South of OTTAWA and 10miles North of the ST.
> Lawrence River.) If You are South of Spencerville You could start
> earlier
> - and maybe should- We use May 1 since that is when Barry DeJong started
> the plant that became the Bax 990 He started it indoors and later set it
> out. For us this time is a good blend of temperatures warming up and
> little
> chance of frost. Frost may occur here up to early June. The plants in the
> ground have then a good chance of growing well. Last year after I rotted
> most of my seeds, I was late starting and didn't get anything in the
> ground
> until mid to late May. The only Pumpkin seed that I got to germinate was
> the Greer 1006. To flesh out the other 5 locations I had to rely on my
> good
> friend Paul McIntyre who had some plants growing to give me 5 plants. So
> in
> summary in TOTO land you may plant earlier and pay attention to the
> germination process so you don't rot your seeds.
>
> Bob.
>
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