Re: new theory on droughts and fertilizers..
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: new theory on droughts and fertilizers..
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 01:13:01 EDT
- List-Archive: <http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
In a message dated 9/12/99 5:05:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Taskemdoc@aol.com writes:
> For next year - (I'm going to try this) how about some drainage pipe
> extending down about 4 feet into the ground - and then extending
> horizontally
> across the parameter of the patch - water via a standpipe............ all
> pipe will be covered with gravel- top and bottom - about 6 inches
> worth...........
I double dig the area where my pumpkins grow, so that takes care of drainage.
Also, the dry/wet surge is probably the main reason pumpkins split for a lot
of the mentioned reasons. Of course there could be others, but even moisture
seems the best way to combat it.
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