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Progress Report

Planted 32 seeds on 4/27/97, from 6 different sources.  Planted in 2 inch
peat cups and placed under heat lamp, first germination was on 4/30/97 with
all but one following on 5/1/97.  All went to the leaf stage on 5/2/97
about 1 and 1/2 inches tall.  I put the wife in charge for the weekend and
went camping with the scouts, when I returned on Sunday the 4th the plants
had grown to approximately 10 inches and were rooting through the peat
pots.  The one ungerminated seed had still not sprouted but is swollen and
appears to be attempting to push a root out.

I planted 22 of the plants in my pumpkin plot over a drip irrigation
system. I broadcast 100 lbs of 10-10-10 directly down the row and harrowed
it in with 22" disks three times to evenly distribute it.  I laid the drip
irrigation in the center and then hand transplanted groups of the 6
different varieties over the top of the drip irrigation tubing, each pot
near a drip head.  This should alleviate my worst fear - lack of water.

Planting the pots was done in a circular mound with a higher edge on the
northwest side to protect from the prevailing wind.  The east side was left
low to catch the morning sun.  I plan to side dress several times with
fertilizer (Thanks to all the fertilizer info from Harlod Reetz and
others), and put ammonia on both sides this wek when I do my corn.

The plants that were left over I have reserved for my non-irrigated plot in
a fairly wet location that is shaded for a portion of the morning and
evening.  This area has much better soil with more nutrients then my
irrigated plot.  Our soil here is sandy loam with emphasis on the sand.

I am very impressed by the growth rate of these pumpkins, I wish my garden
vegtables would do this.

Am I on the right track?

Thanks to everyone for sharing so much info and to Tim for seeds..



Alan Lee Stewart
Instructional Resources Specialist
Distance Learning Center
Georgia Southern University
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