Re: Picking the right plant.
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Picking the right plant.
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 07:58:43 -0300
>Masmrplow@aol.com wrote:
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>> marv
>>
>> Interesting comments What you say sounds right. but one question if you
>> grow a bunch of plants in say a greenhouse, how do you choose the best
>> looking plant and the one you think will give you the biggest pumpkin. what
>> i do is grow ten plants in my greenhouse, once they get to the right size i
>> plant them all in my field. my soil is a mixture of compost(a mix of grass,
>> leaves, cow crap,and lime) . i take a soil test once in the fall before i
>> put down my winter rye. And once before I put my plants in the ground. Then
>> once I have good size plants, then i choose what plants to keep.
>>
>> with all of this do you think i should do something different or do you
>> think i'm on the right track.
>>
>> any comments would be great.
>>
>> thanks masmrplow@aol.com
>>
>> p.s. sorry about the seed crack I was just joking...
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>What's the lime do ??? Bob the lime helps adjust the PH and it adds
>Calcium. there are different types of lime-Dolmite is used if you are low
>in magnesium,oyster shell flour is used when you have high Magnesium, and
>gypsum is used if your ph is 7.0 but need calcium .....Lime is generally
>used to bring an acid soil say a 5.3 up to a 6.3 to a more neutral soil.
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