RE: unrealistic to hope for +20% growth from day 65 on?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: unrealistic to hope for +20% growth from day 65 on?
- From: S* T*
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:52:53 PDT
- List-Archive: <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Matt, I believe you can get 20% if the weather is on your side.If your
daytime temps are in 50's, it'll be hard but possible. I'd recommend a
closure around fruit/plant to help you out.I'm in the same time line your in
and I'm still putting 9 pounds/day on and our temps have been cold/rainy
past 7 days. Having a shelter around grow area has really helped me out.
Good Luck and Happy Growing! Pumpkinpiper
>From: Matthew Isom <rodents@uswest.net>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: RE: unrealistic to hope for +20% growth from day 65 on?
>Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 18:46:00 -0600
>
>So, what day did you pollinate last year?
>
>Pretty weird coincidence, Chris: last year my pumpkin ended up weighing
>428 pounds (!) and it gained about 20% of its weight in the last 20 days
>(Sept 17-Oct 7) and during the month of Sept (1-30) it went from 240# to
>420#. That pumpkin, however, was pollinated on the 25th of July whereas
>my 940 Mombert was pollinated the 6th of July (big difference). So the
>940 is now at day 65 and last year's pumpkin (the 779.5 Bobier) was only
>on its 46th day (and growing +4"OTT every day) on September 9. So . .
>when I look to see where I was last year on the 65th day, I come up with
>411# and it added another 17 in the next 8 days--only +2# per day. Now,
>I do feel bucked up by the fact that I added +7# last night and that
>this pumpkin doesn't look nearly as old/mature as the one last year. No
>cantalouping, although I have been seeing some ribbing for the last two
>weeks.
>
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