Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:57:19 EDT
Well my biggest pumpkin on my 618 Wallace was puttin on about 2-3 inches a day
(is that normal? It seemed kind of slow to me), but yesterday when I checked,
it didn't grow at ALL. So of course this made me nervous! It is only 70.5
inches in circ.!
I checked everything near the stem and underneath (we lifted it a bit and put
some straw underneath, but didn't notice any cracks or other problems. WHY
DIDIT STOP GROWING?! This happened the day after I culled the 32 pounder from
the same plant, so I would expect that would have given the bigger one a
boost, not make it stop! I am totally confused. Any ideas on what is going on?
The plant is really healthy, too. The main vines are buried, (not just buried,
but buried in double-dug, specially prepared soil with organic slow release
fertilizer, composted cow and chicken manure, etc.)! It get perfect water and
low dose Miracle Grow boosters, as well as foliar Miracle Grow and seaweed,
alternated. Also treated with copper fungicide, and dusted with Rotanone and
Sevin when needed, and all wounds (from prunings, cullings, and vine splits,
etc.) treated with Captan paste. Also when temperatures are below 75, covered
with floating row cover, etc. I think I have the basics covered culturally, so
I can't figure out what the problem could be.
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