Re: PLEASE HELP!!!!
Vickie Brock wrote:
> >List,
> >
> >As some of you may know, I had vandals visit my patch last year damaging
> >or destroying 3 of my larger pumpkins. Unfortunately they have returned
> >this year. Sunday I discovered a section of my fence was pulled down and
> >a stake which had been plunged into one of the smaller pumpkins ( I also
> >found an empty bottle of Bacardi which would seem to rule out animals).
> >Although the weigh-off is still 25 days away, I have reluctantly decided
> >that I will pull the pumpkins and put them in my yard for safe keeping.
> >Although weight-loss is inevitable, I would like to keep it to a minimum
> >as one of these pumpkins could be a new personal best for me. What
> >tactics should I employ to keep the loss down? Would digging up a
> >section of the vine and placing its roots in dirt or water help? Should
> >I put the ends of the vine in jugs of water? Is there something I can
> >coat the outside of the pumpkin with to reduce water loss? Finally what
> >are the odds that pumpkins picked now would last untill Halloween? They
> >would be stored outside and we still get weather in the 70s and 80s this
> >time of year. Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> >Getting that "sinking" feeling again...
> >Greg "Titanic Atlantic" Sliwka
> >
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> How well are they growing?? Hate to see you pick them because of some
> morons. Any chance there done and coming back would be
> boring?............Seems like working on the fence that keeps them out
> wouldn't be wasted energy as you would have it stout for next year..
>
> ..was last year just one attack.??
They are just about done growing and storms that blew through today tore the
leaves up pretty good. It's likely they will be back as this seems to be a
popular area for underage drinkers to hang out on the weekend (plus this is
their third visit this season). Last year one of them even used a paintball
gun to blow a hole in one. The fence is merely a challenge to them and was
originally put up to keep animals out. I doubt I'll plant there again. I'm
just hoping to cut my losses and bring something to the weigh-off.
>
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