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Eugene,OR

While was watering this morning I was listening to an old Paul Simon song, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover. In the middle of the song I broke off one of my side vines accidentally (it was ten feet long so I wasn't too upset)...but it inspired me to start this post! Let's see if we can come up with "Fifty Ways To Ruin Your Pumpkins." Perhaps it might help some of us keep from making bone-headed mistakes.

7/4/2007 1:32:44 PM

Eugene,OR

1. Break off the Main, Wayne.

7/4/2007 1:33:09 PM

Eugene,OR

2. Be coy anduse a little too much 0-0-60, Roy.

7/4/2007 1:35:32 PM

Eugene,OR

and use (that should be)

7/4/2007 1:35:51 PM

Eugene,OR

3. Go on vacation without a plan, Stan.

7/4/2007 1:36:30 PM

Eugene,OR

4. Forget to leave your vacation waterer a key, Lee.

7/4/2007 1:37:02 PM

Minnesota

disconecting the little curly q's that atach themselves to everything and in the process cracking the plant.

7/4/2007 1:38:20 PM

Minnesota

4. Disconecting the little curly q's that atach themselves to everything and in the process cracking the plant.

7/4/2007 1:38:38 PM

Eugene,OR

5. Don't provide you new sets any shade, Wade.

7/4/2007 1:39:04 PM

sevierville, Tn

Cut the female on your main, zane.

7/4/2007 2:06:50 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Under estimate the SVB.

7/4/2007 2:22:41 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

6,7,8??? Dont plant em on a hill, Bill!!!

7/4/2007 2:40:11 PM

Ohio

don't leave your unexperienced wife to uncover your pumpkins plants at the beginning of the season or she just might knock the hoop house down that breaks your main vine at the stump. Give her a three day pumpkin class 101 on how to lift the plastic up from each side corner and pin it up instead of trying to lift the entire hoop house with the poles still in the ground off your plant. Teach her this before letting her step into your patch,you will thank yourself later,,,,,,,(I still cant make myself forgive her for this) is Coy next? lol

7/4/2007 3:31:15 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Forget to re-set your squirrel trap again, Glenn

7/4/2007 4:21:54 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Make sure your lifting ring has no sharp hooks, Brooks.

7/4/2007 4:22:52 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

If it gets too hot, make sure you have a fan-on, Shannon.

7/4/2007 4:23:32 PM

New Castle, Pa.

Don't put up a fence to keep out the Ground Hogs

7/4/2007 4:58:41 PM

Simi valley, ca

If mother turns up the heat, It wont be that sweet ! They may not go-- joe ---but they will be slow, !!! Especly like last yrs 47 days of over 100 in a row !

7/4/2007 5:44:41 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Yo fogsurfer, JRO, Brooks and Old Hickory.....don't you know the song??

7/4/2007 5:45:48 PM

Leicester, NY

Get out the fungicides and don't forget to spray, ray

7/4/2007 5:51:50 PM

Leicester, NY

The vines should all be covered, so don't forget to bury, harry

7/4/2007 5:58:05 PM

Central Oklahoma ( [email protected])

If you see a copper head snake in the patch dont try to kill it with a weed-eater, Peter

7/4/2007 6:04:07 PM

Rhode Island

make a new plan sam and think about ------ me ? lol

7/4/2007 7:00:52 PM

Spanish Ontario

Turn the WIZ loose in LONGBEARD,S PATCH ///LOL

7/4/2007 9:50:47 PM

Pemberton, BC

Spray Round-up and then your favorite fungicides in the same backpack tank.

"You just slip out the back Jack, make a new plan Stan, you don't need to be coy Roy, just set yourself free. Hop on the bus Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key Lee, and set yourself free."

7/4/2007 10:16:20 PM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Plant them.

7/4/2007 10:34:05 PM

Eugene, OR

Give your vines some slack Jack, keep that stem dry with a fan Stan, if she splits you'll say "oy" Roy, your pumpkin's resting in peace. Hop on the patch tour bus Gus, you'll learn and discuss much, easy with the 0-0-60 Lee, or your season ends prematurely.

7/4/2007 11:49:56 PM

Pemberton, BC

Niiice Brian!

7/5/2007 12:25:11 AM

Minnesota

It's the 4th, Oh there can you see the giant pumpkin, blocking the dawns early light because it's so big.

7/5/2007 12:45:48 AM

Santa Rosa, CA.

Let me back up over your plants in a bus, Russ :0)

7/5/2007 2:36:39 AM

Ohio

ha!!

7/5/2007 4:52:35 PM

Don't forget to do a rain dance, Frantz.

Keep the pics out of photoshop, pop.

7/5/2007 5:24:54 PM

Trim the roots under the girl, Earl.

7/5/2007 5:30:40 PM

Don't make it blow, Mo.

7/5/2007 6:34:25 PM