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Rhode Island

im thinking aboiut drenching with milk this year. any suggestions? 1% ? 2% ? whole?
im not gonna inject it into the main or stem (thats silly)
id rather just let it get sucked in by the soil and onto the roots? i love milk.
if milk is good could pre germination cream soaks be just around the corner?
how bout one gallon of milk deposited in every pit being dug?
milk in the seed soak?
milk fed seedlings?
any other suggestions on the possible use of milk?
pap

4/28/2009 5:39:52 AM

Minnesota

It works best in the garden if its directly from the cow.

4/28/2009 8:11:13 AM

Simi valley, ca

After digging your pits its suggested that you drink i large glass of ether 1% or 2% milk !!

4/28/2009 9:50:16 AM

Falls City, NE

sounds good to me. 1 cow will get your grass cut, patch fertilized, and milk feed your plants, what more do you need. And if the urge is there, even steaks when the milk dries up. i think you have worked out pap.

4/28/2009 10:40:45 AM

Falls City, NE

pap I am sure you already have a cartoon that goes with this right LOL

4/28/2009 10:41:52 AM

Eastern Washington State

For myself I am planning to put approximately 1 lb of cheese at every rooted node on the main. Dark cheddar of course to give that extra edge for orange.

4/28/2009 11:49:45 AM

Going Green

At first I said...what? Has Pap gone bonkers? Richard B. had it right Pap... but the cow must be suspended in the air so as to not compact the soil!

4/28/2009 7:26:43 PM

Cornelius, Oregon

A bird above may poop in your eye, just thank god that cows don't fly.

4/28/2009 7:57:59 PM

Bemidji Minnesota

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you feed your pumpkin Beer.

4/28/2009 8:25:53 PM

Eastern Washington State

meat, pumpkins are great but I'm not sharing my brewskis!

4/28/2009 8:30:06 PM

Woburn, MA.

I believe if you want to grow a monster you need whole milk. None of this low fat milk will do and it goes great with cookies too.

4/28/2009 10:59:19 PM

Minnesota

I just walk my cow over to the patch and start milking, alot easier foliar feeding that way also.

4/28/2009 11:34:44 PM

Covington, WA

I suggest powdered milk. It's the only fit use for that product.

Naahh.... there is no fit use for that product.

4/28/2009 11:39:46 PM

Going Green

Tiller....powder milk is not organic. Have you ever read the chemicals we get in our processed food! It is obvious we care less about our bodies than we do about our gardens. Try this Pap and throw in a little 2% to boot.

ROOT ROUSING TONIC

1 can beer
1 can reg. Cola
1 c liquid dish soap
1 c antiseptic mouthwash
¼ teaspoon of instant tea

Mix all together in bucket and pour into 20 gallon hose sprayer and spray liberally over entire plant!

4/29/2009 7:49:11 AM

Ontario

If you use Canadian beer...you might want to go a bit easy, or else the plant may get a bit wobbly......:)

4/29/2009 8:52:18 AM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

In Sayre they use sheeps milk. The men are men, the women are men and the sheep run scared. Heck, Rocky keeps his hip boots right in the pumpkin shed.

4/30/2009 10:18:17 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Ned.. Where does he hide the velcro gloves?

5/1/2009 8:03:00 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Why not try an IV inserted right into the stem. Main lining milk might be the ticket. Maybe you could substitute sugar water for the milk. That should make the pumpkin sweet so you can eat it like canteloupe.

5/1/2009 9:42:12 AM

Eastern Washington State

I like the IV approach, maybe that way they could get some of that BST hormone that's in the milk.

5/1/2009 10:43:49 AM

Spanish Ontario

TIE the cow up in patch throw away milk use what comes out rear end works good

5/1/2009 11:09:05 AM

Eastern Washington State

I don't understand, how do you get the cow poop into the IV?

5/1/2009 1:13:14 PM

North Smithfield, RI

Now we can all feel good about Hood !

5/1/2009 5:56:57 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

What kind of milk, Goat, Diary cattle, Camel?

5/1/2009 7:13:37 PM

Willamette Valley, Oregon

Hey, there's been real research on the use of milk to deter powdery mildew. If I try it, I might go with 1 cup dried milk dissolved in 1 gallon with water (that's ~20% reconsituted milk); Sprayed weekly.

Bettiol W., Brenno Domingues Astiarraga and Alfredo José Barreto Luiz (1999) Effectiveness of cow's milk against zucchini squash powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea) in greenhouse conditions.Crop Protection 18(8):489-492.

Wagner Bettiol, Harllen S.A. Silva, and Ronielli C. Reis. 2008. Effectiveness of whey against zucchini squash and cucumber powdery mildew. Scientia Horticulturae
117(1): 82-84.

Francis J. Ferrandino, , and Victoria L. Smith 2007. The effect of milk-based foliar sprays on yield components of field pumpkins with powdery mildew. Crop Protection
26(4): 657-663

P. Crisp, T. J. Wicks, G. Troup and E. S. Scott. 2006.Mode of action of milk and whey in the control of grapevine powdery mildew. Australasian Plant Pathology, 2006, 35, 487–493

5/3/2009 1:07:42 AM

San Diego, Ca.

Milk is great for feeding your plants but if you want to take it to the next level you got to add some chocolate...it has mystical plant growing powers.

5/4/2009 1:00:43 AM

Westford, MA

My plants are Strict Vegans, (no animal by products), so I use Soy Milk. I also work in the patch with No leather boots, & a Fig leaf pair of shorts.
Wouldn't want to upset they're vegitarian sensitivities, although the neighbors have complained about the Fig leaf???

5/4/2009 1:52:33 PM

Ohio

Oh this is easy,,,,,take cow out next to plant, then shoot cow.

5/4/2009 5:12:08 PM

Minnesota

Is the world ready for the carved pumpkin with the milk mustache.

5/4/2009 7:18:35 PM

Eastern Washington State

Maybe the world is but I'm not. I HATE that campaign!

5/5/2009 11:59:10 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

We have used milk the past couple years for powdery mildew. We use a fungicide for PM also, but use the milk solution every other time. Plants seem to like it too. Whole milk works best. Mix it with water at a rate of 10 to 1 & spray in the evening. I think the bacteria in the milk has something to do killing or controlling the spread of the mildew. Drew Papez told me about it a couple years back, so we thought we'd try it. It seemed to work okay. The calcium in the milk probably helps a bit too. We'll work with it a little more this summer & fall.

Phil

6/2/2009 8:21:25 AM

Utah

Is already been done...
Giant pumpkins and the "got milk" campain have already met here in Utah. This picture is 1-2-3 years old. The Grower entered a contest and got some prize... maybe Ice cream for a year?

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=6221&gid=-3085

6/4/2009 6:28:03 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

For use in PM control, milk alters the pH of the leaf surface which deters the sread of powdery mildew. It also creates a film over the PM which traps the spores.

There actually could be more to the myth of feeding pumpkins milk than we think. Using milk to create "Lacto bacillus"

Intersting link: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20040401/Hamilton

6/4/2009 10:58:33 PM

Bristol,RI,USA.

paps i prefer breast milk a little for the plants the rest for me

6/11/2009 4:36:07 PM