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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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pumpkinpal2
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Syracuse, NY
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Okay, so, in thinking about WHY I experiment and wanna know things, the result here is that
a pumpkin seedling's roots can and will go to 27.5 inches into soil that is enabling it to do so.
For most of the weigh to that 27.5 inches downward, there are roots that want to extend sideways as
well and I'll assume that they will do just that AND send others downward if merely permitted to in the patch.
SO, a hole 3 feet deep (minimum) and I'd say a foot in diameter (minimum) would be needed initially to accommodate a plant early on;
There must be some logic and wisdom to those 'growing pits' that I used to see all the time in Don Langevin's books.
If it is up to me though, I'd merely fill this Hole of Wonder with Mycorrhizae-enriched Seed Starting Mix;
I 'found' and bought some the other day at Target - 'Back to the Roots' brand - 12 quarts and has 4 species of Myco already in it.
$7.99...About the same cost of as if I had bought SS Mix, added water AND MYCO and had to mix it by hand.
THIS stuff is ready to rock.
Will be testing it in the near future, indoors first-----eric g
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