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i am in sunny humid florida and can get a pretty good crop of pumpkins if i plant them in early march, giving me pumpkins for independence day. planted in may or june, the usual varieties are generally overwhelmed by bugs and disease. naturally, i would rather have pumpkins a little closer to the fall (which is something of an oxymoron in fl anyway, but lots of pumpkins make me feel better about it being 80 degrees on halloween). i have done some research and found it suggested that varieties of species 'curcurbita moschata' (aka 'cheese pumpkins') are supposed to do much better in the south than those of species 'c. maxima' (atlantic giant) and 'c. pepo' (standard carving varieties). has anyone had any experience with 'c. moschata'? some of the variety names i've found are 'kentucky field', 'long cheese','big cheese', and 'seminole'. none of them seem to be competition size, but any knowledge on this subject would be much appreciated.

7/22/2001 10:07:37 PM

Ga.

Jim,,,I'm only 20 minutes from Florida(Tallahassee),,I hope that the ag's I have make it,,,they are looking good right now,,but are in the shade with some sun,,I also have a late tomatoe crop coming along that look good also,,kinda unusual for this time of the year here,,,hope they make,,and hope you get a halloween pumpkin also!!

7/26/2001 4:55:39 PM