Re: Growing in the Southwest

I have been considering constructing a a green house and cooling it
with a swamp cooler. but that would be a huge structure. I live about
a mile out of Las Vegas, NV. I have also considered crossing AG's with
a more heat tolerant pumpkins.

I would also be interested in swapping info or ideas.

Jay

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Kenneth Richardson
<wildnickels@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> I live in Mesa and have tried to grow large ones but no luck so far. I get
> them started good but once the heat kicks in they are gone. It maybe just me,
> so if you find someone here that does I would be interested to know also.
> Maybe even if enough people in our area we could start club or something to
> swap info.
>
> Regards,
> Ken
>
> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, vincent Davis <vincentwdavis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: vincent Davis <vincentwdavis@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Growing in the Southwest
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 8:36 AM
>
> Hi All,
>
> I live on the edge of Phoenix, AZ (in Waddell, doubt you've heard of it).
> so
> it's pretty hot out here in the summer. It seems that the largest pumpkins
> all
> come from the New England area or along the East Coast anyway. I was
> wondering
> if that's just because there's more interest out there or because the
> climate's more suitable for giant pumpkins. I would think that the super
> long
> growing season and hot climate here would be ideal for pumpkins.
>
> Anyway, I'd like to start growing. Can anyone tell me if the Atlantic
> Giants
> work out here just as good as in the cooler climates, or is there a better
> variety? Any other advice for hot and dry weather climates? Thanks ahead for
> ANY advice you've got for me! Great mailing list!
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