Re: cool night
- Subject: Re: cool night
- From: B* B* <m*@aol.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:23:47 -0400
...if it is still growing, keep it warm. if it was stopped growing, keep it
cool. the tape will tell you.
Alan R.
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
To: pumpkin <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:03 am
Subject: cool night
I have noticed that there seems to be two different schools of thought
regarding
whether to keep your pumpkin warm at night or not. One post I read said it is
etter to keep it cool at night (not cover unless frost) since it will help
reserve it, much like a refrigerator. The other is to keep it warm. What is
he thoughts from the list?
I have tarps over the pumpkins, supported by poles, and I cover them with
lankets at night and wrap a curtain of tarps around the whole thing. I also
se the curtains if it rains to keep it all dry. So far there has been minimal
oisture on the blankets in the mornings. If I don't use the curtains, the
lankets will be quite wet in the mornings. I don't know what them temps get
own to in the enclosure. I have 2 weeks to the weigh-off and want to keep it
ealthy, although I think it has stopped growing.
Debbie
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