Re: My patch is packed - i'm ready to go
It is Spring in New Zealand, that's where John is located!
Glenn Peters
Therese Dillon wrote:
>
> Where are you located? Is this a greenhouse effort? I thought pumpkins got
> planted in the spring (I am a newcomer and hence clueless).
>
> Right now I am throwing organic matter on my pumpkin pile and will be all winter
> long (southern CT area). I also have 2 compost bins that are full (kitchen &
> garden waste) which I will empty in the spring, and I will be getting a lot of
> horse manure as well that is somewhat aged.
>
> Does lime go on now, or in the spring? I have a 4ft by 8ft raised bed that is
> 18" deep which I will be using as a giant central "planter", if you will, and
> the vines will be roaming around outside the planter on the straw-covered
> ground. The bed will be mounded up as high as possible, but I know large ground
> plots as described by some of the growers here are preferable because of the
> extensive deep-reaching root systems of pumpkins. In any case, how much lime
> should I put on there? When? Does lime in the bag lose its potency over the
> wonter? Pelletized or pulverized?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John.sargeant@stdc.govt.nz wrote:
>
> > I spent the weekend loading the last of the compost bins
> > into the hole in the ground that has taken all three compost bins (3m3) and
> > about twenty sacks of horse ' you know what'. The patch is all limed, raked
> > over nice and smooth and looks great with about a metre deep dark loam. This
> > weekend I will swipe a load of straw from the stables in the A&P Showgrounds
> > for the mulch, put a customised sprinkler system in and sit back and admire
> > the handiwork.
> >
> > Seeds go in next week, in the glasshouse that is. Ten seeds
> > with some of yours Barb Kincaid and a few EMMONS 538s and a few others I
> > cannot remember the names of but they have been in the fridge for a year
> > behind the butter conditioner.
> >
> > We have four hundred packets of seeds saved from last year
> > (eight seeds to a pack) all prepared to go to the general public in our
> > fifth annual Pumpkin Grow. Demand for the seeds has started from across
> > Taranaki as pumpkin fever hits again. I now have two staff involved with the
> > Pumpkin Grow as it has grown really well since you guys helped us out a few
> > years back.
> >
> > http://windwand.co.nz/ <http://windwand.co.nz/>
> >
> > Have a 'Parky' day
> >
> > John S
> >
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