Mounding
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Mounding
- From: "* D* <s*@pcug.org.au>
- Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 18:05:34 +1000
In Bernard Lavery's book on growing giant vegetables he says:
"Many of the best outdoor growers in America make big mounds of earth, ...,
3-4ft high, .... As the plant develops the sap in the main stem rushes
downhill to feed the pumpkin lying at the bottom of te mound."
I have not heard any discussion of this on the mailing list. Is this a
technique that is widely practiced or just a myth? Are mounds use to
encourage sap flow or to avoid frost damage.
Stewart
Canberra Aust
the nation's capital
sdeans@pcug.org.au
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