Fertilizing and Watering
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Subject: milk feeding pumpkins
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carols |
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I have heard that pumpkins can be milk "fed". Is this true, and how does a person do it? What else can be fed to a pumpkin?
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2/18/2004 6:49:48 PM
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Stan |
Puyallup, WA
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Your question has been answered many times on this site! Simply type "milk" in the "Site Search" window.
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2/18/2004 7:08:18 PM
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The Jamison |
Massachusetts
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Milk feeding pumpkins just might be the biggest wive's tale I know. It does not do anything for the plant.
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2/18/2004 7:32:30 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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Actually if milk were sprayed on the leaves often enough, then a degree of Powdery Mildew supression is expected. But it won't help the pumpkin grow.
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2/18/2004 8:54:23 PM
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Big Kahuna 25 |
Ontario, Canada.
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Steve, I have heard of a story using foliar applications of sour cream to prevent mildew as well.
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2/18/2004 9:05:29 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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Baking soda as well. Anything that increases the pH of the leaf surface makes for a poor environment for the PM causal pathogen to live. So long as it doesn't harm the leaves doing it. :o)
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2/18/2004 10:09:26 PM
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Gads |
Deer Park WA
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Boo Hiss on milk feeding, and raising the foilar stoma pH level!
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2/18/2004 11:23:35 PM
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Mr. Sprout |
Wichita, KS
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Milk on your plant? NO! I can't even ingest the stuff anymore... makes me fart. My wife likes to put milk in her coffee. YUCK.
I like cheese though.
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2/19/2004 3:32:13 AM
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Smitty |
Edmonton, Canada
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Where is Kilr? LOL
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2/19/2004 10:18:22 AM
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(Doeski)Punkins |
Vermont Green MTN State
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I knew someone who did this, a first year grower who used large syringes to inject milk and Miracle Gro into the hollow stems on the leaves. The pumpkin grew huge but I think it was more due to the constant care he gave to it.
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2/19/2004 2:40:42 PM
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