Pests, Diseases and Other Problems
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Subject: Should i support this fruit?
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Jos |
Belgium Europe
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http://www.bigpumpkins.com/diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=72935 Any chance this one could fall on stem end? Or doesn't that happen while growing?
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8/21/2007 3:38:45 PM
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hoots dirt (Mark) |
Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)
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I've seen photos where growers have driven rebar or otehr such material in the ground behind the fruit on either side of the stem and padded them with styrofoam pipe insulation so the pumpkin could lay back on it.
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8/21/2007 10:07:43 PM
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garysand |
San Jose garysand@pacbell.net
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nice pumpkin, if it were me i would find a way to support it, i like marks ideas
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8/22/2007 11:45:02 PM
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