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Quebec City

Hi,

My pumpkin is not in the shade. It is day 39 and it is 48 inches circumference. It is starting to get a bit orange. How important is shade in continuing its growth up to october? I am in Quebec city and the pumpkin is in full sun and full wind (in my rooftop garden) which is why I would like to avoid the engineering of a shade structure if possible-due to the regular 40mph winds.

Thanks,

mark

8/8/2005 12:18:02 PM

Quebec City

Check out the photos in my diary

8/8/2005 2:14:27 PM

No Place Special

Just throw an old white sheet over it, thats all I do.

8/8/2005 2:22:31 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

If you look at my diary, I paid a price for poor sheltering. No shelter will give you a premature oranging and tough skin, the pumpkins think it's time to slow down growth.

Mike, when you say just throw a sheet over it, you mean stake it up, right? Any place my fabric would touch a pumpkin after getting wet would cause a rotten area to form, if it sits there moist all day.

8/8/2005 3:59:00 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

We just throw old cotton sheets over ours. Have not had an issue with rot.

8/8/2005 4:03:25 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

just remove the sheets during rain, no sunburn will happen, and put them back on when the sun comes out.

8/8/2005 6:48:50 PM

Quebec City

Thanks everyone. I have covered it up with a t-shirt (how pathetic at this stage in the game that the "giant" is so small as to be covered with a t-shirt) The growth seems to have slowed quite a bit in the last two days.
Maybe I should rub in some sun block too.....

8/9/2005 9:50:03 PM

No Place Special

Hey I have one with a t shirt on it... you can see in my diary!

8/10/2005 9:44:41 AM