Deborah
Ontario Canada
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LOVES: Personal poetry written by Deborah :
dedicated in the memory of my loved ones
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LOVES 2: Personal poetry written by Deborah
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LOVES 3: Personal Poetry written by Deborah
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LOVES 4: Pet rescues../ Giant pumpkin info &
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LOVES 5: Gardening../ ..Landscaping.how to's and
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LOVES 9: Ponds../ care and maintenance
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INDEX...
MAKE SURE YOU: : Have a well prepared patch :enough space to grow :try not to grow in the same patch every year :Try to get your pumpkin on the main : compost and multching ,important :use the fertilizer required for each stage of growth :don't get your leaves wet:when watering and especially when fertilizing :check your plant daily : don't fertilize,insecticide,and prune all on the same day :try not fertilize and insecticide in the heat of the day :try not to walk on your patch, use spiked shoes or boards :be consistent with watering ,feeding,and insecticiding :start insecticiding:fungiciding:with first true leaves :anchor your vines, from geting wind damage :have some form of plant protection from storms :use wind breaks :try not to touch your pumpkin :Be careful not to disturb roots, when workng in your patch :keep your patch weed free :don't let your leaves touch the pumpkin :build a shelter for shade and protection :pumpkin sweating is a pumpkin: In its peak growing time :keep your leaves a dark green :Prune all runners especially 3rds. :Bag or compost all pruned vines & leaves away from your patch:(insect control...beetles) :Sterilize infected prunner tools :I use hospital duoderm for vine splits ;I circle the pumpkin base with a insecticide :I keep a insecticide film on my pumpkin at all times as I learn more tips or think of more or recieve more I will add them: THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL TIPS... I AM NOT AN EXPERT JUST A PUMPKIN GROWER.
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STORIES & EXCUSES of the illusive PUMPKIN.
:My dog ate it..?
:It exploded..?
:It just diappeared..?
:The kids carved it up..while I was at work..?
:I cared for it too much..?
:I didn't care for it enough..?
:the bottom fell out of it..?
:it collasped..?
:the wife fed it too much..?
:The hubby fed it too much..?
:Had too much to drink & left the water running..?
:A mouse chewed a hole in it..and is living in it..?
:My cat sharpened his claws on it..several times..trying to get the mouse..?
:What pumpkin..?
My spouse axed it..said I was spending too much time with it..?
:Rolled out of the back of my truck..?
:Some-one sabotaged it..?
:My son drove over it..?
:Neighbour kids thought it was a big rock..?
:Some-one stole it..?
:people kept poking it ..thought it was fake..?
:MIRACLE GROW (gran)&(liq)
:20/20/20/ (gran)
:ROSE FOOD (gran)
:PLANT STARTER (gran)
:SEVIN (conc liq)
:DIAZINON (conc liq)
:RAID/HOUSE & GARDEN (spray)
:CIL/FUNGICIDE INSECTICICDE;(dust)
:FLORITEC/FUNGICIDE INSECTICIDE/ (conc liq)
:BAGGED MANURE
HELLO FELLOW GROWERS AND WELCOME:
SCROLL DOWN AND CHECK OUT MY MESSAGE BOARD...GOT A QUESTION..OR HELP WITH AN ANSWER ????
SEND ME ...YOUR PUMPKIN URL ...I HAVE A SECTION FOR THAT AS WELL
I hope you find some useful information here...I will be adding daily as I grow this years WINNER!!..LOLOL
My husand ...Dennis and I are members of the C.J. Pumpkin club....In our area... A hand full of us entered the Sarnia weigh off 1998...and we placed 15th....We were estatic with our showing and our trophy...1998 was our FIRST YEAR GROWING...2 other members took 13th..and 14th trophies.
I live in Southwestern Ontario Canada... close to the
shores of Lake Erie...about 45 min.from Windsor
We have warm summer days ...and usually cool evenings
due to our lake location. Usually always a constant
wind...and late and early frosts. Our soil or course is that lovely CLAY...So as you follow my journal...Please keep in mind what works for me ..May not work for you.
I would appreciate any and all feed backs on my
journal...and any and all tips or info would be
helpful.
I harvested 200 mature seeds from Roid..516.9 lb..last
year...self pollinated and mailed out seeds to P.E.I./
OHIO /PENN./MASS. waiting for a feed back on their
progress.A few local growers...also have a few of my
seeds.
PLANT REFERRED TO IN SEPTEMBER JOURNAL IS 'ROID"#2