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Marion,IN

A liitle old lady told me that I need to put the tips of the pumpkin vines in a bowl of sugar water. She said it will really make a pumpkin grow! Besides this and using milk around the stump, what are some other "secrets" or growing folklore people have heard about or are currently using?

Mark G

6/6/2007 9:52:26 AM

every time i get a person to visit and tour pumpkins for there first time they ask- do you roll them to keep them round

6/6/2007 2:27:49 PM

Minnesota

I heard that if you talk to you plants they will respond to you and really grow fast. But only if they like you. LOL

6/6/2007 3:00:59 PM

Minnesota

OH Don - by the way - i was asked that last year. LOL

6/6/2007 3:02:05 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Young Man.........Oh... young man.....why does that man with the LongBeard have a beach ball in his patch.....and whats up with the monkeys on his back......

I get asked this all the time.....

6/6/2007 3:09:51 PM

North Smithfield, RI USA

Only plant at midnight and at full moon !!!

6/6/2007 6:11:38 PM

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Milk sprayed on the leaves does control Powdery Mildew so there may be a hint oftruth to some wive's tales.

Wive's tale: Slit the vine, place lamp wicking into the slit with the other end in a bowl of sugar water.

6/6/2007 8:30:10 PM

Binghamton, NY

Music makes plants grow better. Actually, there was a univeristy study that suprisingly showed plants prefer heavy metal to classical, easy listening, or country (or silence). I don't remember the type of plant, and I declined the share the info with my husband.

6/8/2007 12:49:30 PM