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Somers, CT

My pumpkins are about basketball size. I have terminated as many secondaries as I can find trying to push the energy to the fruit. Should I keep the mains going? rabbits keep eating the leaves and I cannot shoot them. Also, what about ferts. I was using chicken manuer based organics at 5-5-5 ish. Now I found a non-organic 5-10-10. Should I be going higher? I also have been watering with fish, seaweed, Agro-K calcium and Micronutrients once a week or two.

7/23/2007 2:58:08 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Choose the ones (or one)you want to go with, cull the others slowly over a couple of days. Shade your pumpkin, keep up your regimine of ferts, enjoy the ride....Later on your Agro-K will adjust the ferts if you are on their schedule....with more potassium.....and less nitrogen.....

7/23/2007 3:15:58 PM

Somers, CT

Thanks! Dwaine Gipe sent me a schedule one time. I am a little scared of the 0-0-50. It will cause early maturity in some cases and blowups others.

7/23/2007 4:54:59 PM

Buffalo, New York

is placing a t-shirt over the pumpkin enough shade?

how often should i leave the tshirt on for?
24 hours per day?

7/23/2007 6:58:40 PM

San Jose [email protected]

T-shirt will be fine for about 20 days, then it will be too small, only needs to be on when the sun is out

7/23/2007 7:21:14 PM

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Rob,

Miller's Hot Sauce works great on rabbits. We haven't applied it to the fruit yet but rather leaves, chicken wire, & the "critter sticks" we've surrounded the fruit with. I can't say for sure the rabbits would mess with the fruit but why take chances?

5-5-5, 20-20-20, doesn't matter. Only the RATE & FREQUENCY matter. No binges & no fasts. Just a nice low constant steady supply.

Higher potash is later(early September) but again the rate is the key. Too much & the fruit will harden off too early or blow up.

7/23/2007 7:42:59 PM