Re: Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- From: b*@pacific.pacific.net (brocfarm)
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 10:11:33 -0800
>At 09:57 AM 9/4/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>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!
>
>Is it not possible that it might take some small amount of time for it to
>recover from the culling? To you it's a culling, to the plant it's an
>injury, no?
>
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Bart,
the sole thing the plant wants to do is reproduce seeds(itself) usually
culling a pumpkin sends more juice to the existing pumpkin as less
competition for nutrients....either your plant feels it has fulfilled its
job or there maybe something rotting some where ....roots, stem
pumpkin.....??
Here in CA. it seems the pumpkins are maturing faster than years past the
cool spring, 20 days over 100 i think have stressed the plants and there
ready to quit ................brock
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