Re: Mounding
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mounding
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 23:14:37 EDT
In a message dated 98-05-24 04:11:21 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Mounding
Date: 98-05-24 04:11:21 EDT
From: sdeans@pcug.org.au (Stewart Deans)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
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 nat >>
Stew,
To my knowledge, gravity has very little to do with the flow of fluids in a
plant....if it did, redwoods would be as tall as dogwoods. Bernard is a very
good grower but is out in left field with the down hill theory. A good book on
plant physiology will clear up this misconception. I also am not sure what he
is talking about as far as growing pumpkins on large mounds. It isn't done by
most of the growers I know........strange stuff. I have started pumpkins on
small mounds only on a wet year to keep their feet out of the standing water.
I wonder if some people are confusing hills with mounds. A hill refers to a
group of pumpkins that are planted together but not any higher in the air. A
planting mound is not a prerequisite and I would dare say is not done by most
top growers.
pumkinguy@aol.com
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