Re: Soil Results Back

In a message dated 5/18/01 9:49:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
holmesflowers@home.net writes:


Subj:RE:Soil Results Back
Date:5/18/01 9:49:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:    holmesflowers@home.net (holmesflowers)
Sender:    owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to:    pumpkins@mallorn.com
To:    pumpkins@mallorn.com




Jetta in Virginia, hello, if your looking to grow the big ones you need more
room 5 plants in 3000 sq ft is too many. 1500 to 2500 sq ft. per plant is
recommended, you could fit 2 plants in 3000sq ft. but by august they will be
climbing up the side of your house, pulling down fences, and running thru
the neighbors yard, in an endless sea of green. Seriously they are vigorous
growers and need room. Pumpkins do best at a ph of 6.8 to 7 you will need to
add lime, does your soil test results recommend how much to apply? 20 #s per
100 sq ft. should be about right. Just follow the test results
recommendations for fertilizer. Or contact your county agriculture dept. and
they can tell you how much of what to put down. Hope this helps good luck,
Holmes


I know that we often see above 6.8 as ok for Pumpkins but I just learned this
at an Orchard class Thursday.  6.2 - 6.8 allows the plants to take up a good
balance of Magnesium & Calcium.  Above 6.8 starts to restrict the uptake of
Mag, (not sure if it was Mag or Calcium above 6.8) but one of them is locked
up above the 6.8.  Another interesting fact is there is about 35,000,000
living organisms in a tablespoon of healthy earth.  Some Herbicides can kill
them and they are needed for plants to take up nutrients.

George Brooks
North Tewksbury, MA USA
Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack River Valley
Zone 5N
Personal Bests
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641 1993
648 2000 (Unofficial & died prematurely on Aug 29)
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