 Re: Pumpkin Planting!
I wait until I see them. Not sure that was a good strategy this since I lost so many plants. I was in my field last night and noticed squash bug eggs on several plants so I am going to start my 7-10 day interval of spraying sevin and a fungicide.
As weeds go I did the same as you, I tilled until they vined. I felt like I kept bringing up new seeds and once they vined I had really lost the battle. This year I planted them closer together (I can't run the rototiller between them), and I planned on using herbicides to help control the weeds. I put strategy down right after planting. I have then put down poast after they had 3-4 leaves. This has worked good on the grasses. My plan was to use Sandea for broadleafs (or permit) but it is just too expensive so I am trying to keep the broadleafs down by hand. Quite a task on 3 acres. I also used by two row cultivatio to weed while the plants were still small.
My soil is very sandy so I use drip irrigation which seems to work really well. Even if I have some weed pressure I get water and nutrients right to the pumpkin and they seem to do okay.
Barry |