Re: 1096.8 Pukos 00
Joe,
Congradulations again. I met you at clarence. Are you still going to Disney
World. lol
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jpukos@aol.com>
To: <Pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: 1096.8 Pukos 00
> Hello,
> I would like to thank everyone on the pumpkin list that has helped me out
> over the last 5 years. Mostly, I have been lurking in the background,
trying
> to soak up as much information as I can about growing AG's. I had tons of
> trouble with a flooded patch in 1998 and the patch from hail in 1999.
There
> were a lot of special people on this pumpkin mailing list telling me not
to
> give up and I really appreciated all of their support. This year, I was
very
> lucky with everything seeming to fall right into place. My area did not
have
> a day over 90 degrees and just a few in the high 80's. It was very cool
the
> end of June and the first part of July and I only had one pumpkin out of
> thirty abort. That may never happen again. Our killing frost came the
night
> before I cut off my fruit on September 29. I am going to get my soil
tested
> and I can post the results at a later date.
> This is what I did for the 2000 growing season.
> I put 7 pickup loads of manure on my 3000 sq. ft. patch last fall and
tilled
> in a truckload of maple leaves. In the spring, I put on 30 pounds of
12-12-12
> along with 8 pounds of calcium nitrate, 5 pounds of powdered kelp and 10
> pounds of Ironite per planting site. During the growing season, I applied
> fish fertilizer and a liquid kelp drench once a week. My water supply was
> from a municipal system applied through overhead sprayers. I mixed liquid
> sevin and Daconil together and sprayed once a week. If anyone has any
> questions, please email me and I will try to answer them. My pumpkin was
sent
> to Germany, so I will probably never get any seeds from it. Best of luck
to
> everyone with the upcoming weigh-offs!
>
> Joe Pukos
> Leicester, New York USA
> Zone 6
> 5th year grower
> Personal best 1096.8
>
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