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addison Il

im a newbie grower and i know some other newbies now and the more experienced lol my question is i have been discussing the what not to do list with late night chatters and well now am leaving it up to you to tell me what not to do lol as in Tlish who told me never play jump rope with your main vine ( dont throw it to repostition it) or OOOhboy Matt who said not to kill svbs with shovels lol and theres me the newbie who has learned never move a pumpkin too fast unless you want an early harvest. so anyone with funny words of wisdoms for newbie growers are welcome to post lol just for fun.

7/13/2005 1:38:53 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

I have learned this year to be careful what you wish for. I had never seen a ribbon vine or a fruit that split on it's own. Now I have. The split came after culling a rotting fruit (from bird pecks), terminating several secondaries, foliar fert spray, and watering in one afternoon. Next day splitsville. One thing I still haven't seen...knock on wood (ouch...now my head hurts) is a SVB...and I hope it stays that way. Peace Wayne

7/13/2005 6:29:52 AM

Nashville, TN

Don't spray with Permethrin meant for keeping flies off your horses... Really burns and kills the GP plants.. (that's what happened to my 'first round' I believe....)

Don't let your goats see the garden... **too much temptation!** Don't let your kids think about 'freeing' their baby bunnies into 'the wild'...
Don't let your Turkeys into your patch... Turkeys step on EVERYTHING - and it's really disgusting to step in 'turkey dung'.....

7/13/2005 7:36:59 AM

Williamsburg,KY

Try not to let your patch get too tangled. Last year, didnt pay attention and had two pumpkins on one vine and didnt know it.

7/13/2005 9:06:25 AM

Lexington, Ky

Never prune while under the influence......

Don't use a Mantis tiller within 50 feet of a plant....100 feet if under the influence......

7/13/2005 9:39:14 AM

Nova Scotia

don't pour granualure fertelizer at base of plant burnt every stump right off when i grew as a kid.

7/13/2005 9:49:30 AM

Vancouver, White Rock, Canada

Don't use a huge pair of scissors to trim the grass around the outside of your plant if you have the coordination of a stoned gorilla. I actually hacked off a leaf stalk...

7/13/2005 11:30:48 AM

Nipomo, California

If you really want to see how good roundup is, dont triple rinse your spray tank when using it to spray ferts.

7/13/2005 11:55:20 AM

Commack, NY

Dont feel bad for people that claim they are having a terrible, disease ridden season with one disaster after another.......until you see what they bring to the weighoff, then make you're decision.

7/13/2005 12:17:08 PM

Cologne / Germany

Look carefully at the flowers you want to pollinate. If you bring some males inside the night before, and next morning you look at them to find 5 lobes without pollen, you obviously need some eyeglasses or a good flash-light next time. :-)

7/13/2005 1:52:00 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

LMAO floh

7/13/2005 2:28:09 PM

Hobbiton New Zealand

dont shoot mice with a shotgun

7/13/2005 3:05:03 PM

Long Island,New York

LOl Scott. Does that mean the weed wacker damage didnt happen?

7/13/2005 3:53:12 PM

Utah

LOL @ g ... #1 sandbagger in 2004.

7/13/2005 4:03:14 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Don't drop your tape measure onto your 695* clone fruit while erecting a shade structure.....!@#$%^*().........

Don't get mad and throw said tape measure and sever the main vine of the 812 plant...

7/13/2005 4:11:55 PM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

Don't tell yourself "I have plenty of time to reposition that pumpkin later"

7/13/2005 5:22:08 PM

Cheyenne, Wyoming

A little Potassium is good, so 10 times more must be 10 times better.

7/13/2005 5:41:43 PM

Central Oklahoma ( [email protected])

I am a newbie also but I learned this one the other evening, When you find a copper head (snake) in the patch dont use the weed eater to find him.

7/13/2005 6:24:31 PM

Commack, NY

2004.....stored in the old memory bank....

7/13/2005 7:07:16 PM

Simi valley, ca

cool humor-- really needed it , thanks everyone!!

7/13/2005 7:09:36 PM

Back of Beyond

Two additions from Pumpkin Hell 05.

Hey - if you ever hear a buddy say "Well, it looks good on paper" - DON'T. Especially if it regards shade structures.

And from last night--

Possums will not bother pumpkins IF there are tomatoes to be had BUT the pumpkin patch is a great place to hide ...

DO NOT holler "Sic 'em boy, you get 'im" until you know WHERE he is!

7/13/2005 7:41:40 PM

Ohio

Never stand in a upright position and use your hoe as a hachet to cut a tendril off or you might just cut off the vine.

7/13/2005 9:10:12 PM

addison Il

wow thats a lot of laughs thanks guys and its good to know that everyone can have fun growing above all else because thats what its all about and feel free to post more what not to dos as they come to mind lol i know i will and heres a new one for you dont let guys like giant jack get to you after all we newbies know whos pro and whos full of hot air just bye chatting lol thanks for the posts all

7/13/2005 9:20:41 PM

San Jose [email protected]

dont let your 110 lb lab in the garden, seems the ONLY damage he did was to the AG's

7/13/2005 10:08:18 PM

Indiana

Crap, which 1432 did I get that pollen?

#1?...#2?...#3?...#4?...#5?.......#17?

7/13/2005 11:47:43 PM

Oz

Dont disturb the copperhead getting some sleep under the
AG....

7/14/2005 12:29:34 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Don't eat the Jalepenos the mutant pumpkin plant grew ;)

7/14/2005 7:48:57 AM

Pemberton, BC

Don't ever.... remove secondaries with the knife, that you just used to open a jug of Afesin to spray on your potato fields. (see sick plant,sick pollen?) Chad

7/14/2005 8:37:21 PM

Midwest

Don't trim branches over the pumpkin patch unless you plan to catch them.

7/15/2005 12:09:02 AM

Abbotsford, B.C

Don't ever use a shovel to cut off a vine tip while leaning over your prize pumpkin...

Don't ever use Round-up to kill the grass next to the pumpkin patch 'because it's not a windy day, and I don't feel like rotortilling'...

Cameron

7/15/2005 10:45:37 PM

Montoursville, PA

If you are getting up in years, your old bones ache and you move a bit slower still. Take care, of the morning deed, before assuming the hands and knees position. :))

7/16/2005 4:30:08 PM

Joliet, IL

when trimming a tendril and leaf stalk next to a nicely set pumpkin, never push the knife towards the pumpkin stem even if the knife is sharp and you think you will be able to stop it short of the stem. once the knife loses resistance and the cut is made, you might just have made another cut....into the pumpkin stem. just like if whittling, always guide the knife away from the delicate flesh while making a cut or you will end up seeing blood sooner or later, or in the pumpkin's sake, a clear liquid ooze.

7/16/2005 6:14:15 PM

Rhode Island

never, ever, wear golf shoes in the pumpkin patch
especially if you have soaker hose to walk around

7/16/2005 11:57:23 PM