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Ohio

Why is it when most of the people in the states have a plant going that is out about 15 feet,Canada's plants seem to be around 2 feet and when we have a pumpkin around 200 pounds Canada is just pollinating theirs. How is it that they catch us so quickly?? I never could figure that out because it seems Canada winter months are longer. Why is it there pumpkins grow so fast in just a 3 week period to catch our pumpkins we have growing then pass us in the fourth week,lol. WHY???????lol

Brooks

6/20/2005 2:47:42 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

It could be that if they are at a higher lattitude, they get more daylight for growth. I know from experience that northern Minnesota gets close to an extra hour of light in both the morning and evening when compared to east-central Iowa.

6/20/2005 3:35:53 AM

Cologne / Germany

There are many other countries with cold and long winter periods, but then around June suddenly it´s summer (a REAL one lol) and everything is done in 3 months. It´s always amzing to see that.

6/20/2005 7:50:24 AM

Eveleth MN

yep, right now in Northern Minnesota I've got USEABLE light from 4:30AM-10:30pm (as in is light enough to be doing work outside without a light)

6/20/2005 8:55:17 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Brooks, since no Canadians have given a hypothesis yet, I thought I'd see if you could expand your question geographically. As you well know, Canada is a huge land mass with several climatic zones. Growing in British Columbia (very short winter) simply cannot be compared to growing in Northern Ontario (still living in Igloos and driving a dog sled) In BC, we have a very long growing season so there is no need to be in any kind of rush.

6/20/2005 12:23:01 PM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hey, check the Thing growing alreday in Alaska, US!

6/20/2005 1:55:16 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Generally higher latitude soils also retain a larger percentage in ORGANIC MATTER(OM) over the winter months than southern climates. Natural, native USA soils fall between 3 and 5% OM with the upper levels found mostly in the North west, East & Midwest to the Great Lake States. I believe larger weight gains are easier to accomplish in highly organic soils approaching 20% OM. Therefore the northern grower has extra sun light and extra nutrient holding capacity. All this provided by a slower decay rate of the OM and a explosion of beneficials as the soil warms up.

6/20/2005 2:12:54 PM

Nikiski Alaska

yes JD's in nikiski alaska is doing great at over 100 so far and i am trying to catch him we are at almost 24 hr daylight the paper has it at 19hr5min14sec of daylight and we are loving it looking at a day in the mid 60 good luck to all

mike

6/20/2005 3:32:17 PM

Puyallup, WA

Our sunset is 9:10 pm and sunrise at 5:10 am. We have to add ALL organic matter to our soil!

6/20/2005 5:31:33 PM

Lloydminster/AB

sunset 9:51 sunrise 4:52 It never does get truly dark,lots of red sky before 4:00 and you don't need lights till well after 11:00 but we pay for it in winter!

6/20/2005 8:16:32 PM

Canada

Sunrise at 5.25 am sunsent at 9.30 pm

6/20/2005 11:27:27 PM

Rainbowlake Alberta

sunset 2310 sunrise 0438

6/20/2005 11:42:58 PM

Cologne / Germany

sunset 9.30 sunrise 5.18 here
Anyone else went into the patch last night with pipes, drums and beer singing celtic songs and dancing around the plants? ROFLMAO

6/21/2005 6:28:02 AM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Of course Stan is going by what the paper says, because we don't actually see the sun very often here in Washington.

6/21/2005 7:12:18 PM

Puyallup, WA

Well, Erin, you're correct! This Spring we have had a grand total of five(5) nice days in the past three months. I am sick of all this rain! We had some "rolling thunder" and downpours today!

6/21/2005 10:04:17 PM

Midway City, California

IN Beautiful Southern California one hundred miles from the Mexican border.The Sun Rises at 5:42 am and sets at 8:05pm Length of Day 14:23 hrs. The dark hours allow the plant to rest or maybe to grow.

6/22/2005 9:49:49 PM