Subj : Pumpkin To : All From : Gerry Danen Date : Fri Jul 21 2000 01:01 pm From: Gerry Danen 19 Jul 00 18:59, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Gerry Danen: CS> Know anything about growing pumpkins? We have one plant that took CS> off. Lots of flowers but some have dropped (unfertilized?). It's CS> spread a good 10-15 feet into the yard already and looks pretty CS> healthy. Sounds like it's healthy. Some will drop, should be no problem, otherwise you might get a load of teeny pumpkins instead of a decent crop of good-sized ones. We don't have pumpkins, just zuchinis, but they grow much the same. Ours got hailed on last night. Lots of damage, but they will survive. CS> We've never had one, nor as kids had farming background of any sort, CS> so not sure what to do next except make sure it has enough water to CS> not be wilted in the morning. Sounds about right. CS> It's not in what would be a traditional optimal place. It's half CS> under the shade tree . That may actually not be bad during a hot summer, unless the tree takes a lot of moisture away... CS> The other seeds didnt go much although one tried to get past 4 inches CS> before giving up. All the weaker stuff weeds itself out. ;) Gerry Danen danen@danen.org (add "g" in front) http://www.geceventures.com (free downloads, programming) http://www.web-for-dummies.com (help for would-be webmasters) Y2K archive of STN.Y2K and FIDO's 2000: ftp.geceventures.com Helping people at http://suriname.danen.org and http://www.help-ethiopia.org --- Internet Rex 2.23 * Origin: The gateway at The Region 23 Internet Source (2:236/205.777) .