RE: Getting the patch ready for next year.
- Subject: RE: Getting the patch ready for next year.
- From: "Mark K" k*@adelphia.net
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:16:58 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Maybe he thought they were shallow rooted because of seeing feeder roots
near the surface? I gre in just compost this year & put a 2x8 waferboard
plank down to walk on & when I lifted it up after a few days there were tons
of feeder roots at the surface.
Mark
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
vince
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:37 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Getting the patch ready for next year.
Pumpkins grow well in clay if it is heavily amended with organic matter and
the ph balanced. Most clays are also heavy in magnesium and need liberal
doses of gypsum to help leach out the excess magnesium.
I've used 5 yards of good compost per 1,000 square feet on a heavy clay soil
plus plenty of gypsum and soil sulfer with good results.
After a couple years of this treatment you'll have beautiful black topsoil
that hold water well and pumpkin plants love....
In my experience pumpkin plants are not shallow root unless what you mean as
shallow is about 2 to 3 feet....
vince
--- "J. Matt Wickless" <matt@wickless.com> wrote:
> I'm digging a new patch. I've got nasty hard clay, and I plan to dig
> it up and put in a mixture of manure, compost, and black
> topsoil, with a
> little bit of sand as well. I've got my cover crop picked out
> and ready
> to plant. Does anyone have any good recipes for planting
> medium with
> these ingredients that they are willing to share. I've read
> that
> pumpkins are shallow rooted. How deep do I need to go in
> removing the
> clay? Is there such a thing as too much manure when growing
> AG's?
>
> Many Thanks!
>
> Matt Wickless
> matt@wickless.com
>
>
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