Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #232

One caveat: lots of critters love cat food - coyotes, raccoons and the
dreaded SLUG just zoom to it wherever it may have spilled, so dig it in
well (and have a strong fence).

By the way, re: the 977 germination, I planted it in a plastic pot on Palm
Sunday, April 5th and it appeared on Good Friday, April 10th.

I totally agree with the anti-peat pots bias. I tried only one seed (the
Macdonald 719) in a (large) peat pot and it took TWO and a HALF weeks to
germinate and never grew as fast or as well as the others. I gave the plant
away today to someone who wants to enter my pumpkin contest in the Fall
Fair. I've now given away five plants and three seeds.

Denise McCann Beck / Earth Island Organics
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia


>>  And check out the ingredients on a bag of
 cat food.  He thinks it may make a good amendment for tired soil in
 older garden spots.  I think he may be onto something and figured it
 couldn't hurt.
 
 Chris Michalec
 Covington, WA
  >>

>>It is a source of slow release Nitrogen (Fish Meal) and helps stimulate
micro
>>organism's with some of the other ingredients.  Also recently found that
many
>>of the ingredients are used in some new Organic fertilizers.
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