Pumpkin Crop
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barrybro
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For my big varities I planted the rows 10 feet apart. All others were 8 feet. I used a hand jab panter. It took me about 10-12 hours in the field to get it all done. I will try and take a picture of the field and post so you can get a better feel for the rows.
Barry
Barry
Luremaker
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I don't have no 5 acre but I do have pumpkins already.
Your patch is looking great. When did you plant? My plants only began vining over the weekend. I planted mine June 11. I was out looking at mine yesterday evening and the plants are looking great. Lot's of flower buds and not a single cucumber beetle
. This might be the second year in a row not having to spray.Your patch is looking great. When did you plant? My plants only began vining over the weekend. I planted mine June 11. I was out looking at mine yesterday evening and the plants are looking great. Lot's of flower buds and not a single cucumber beetle
Late May I think.
This is my second year doing a pumpkin patch for my kids and newphews/neices. I made it a little bigger this year, but still am learning thru trial and error row size, planting spaces etc.
Do you's have any chemical suggestions for weed/grass control. I have tried cultivating but my rows are to close together to get the tractor thru and effectively till the ground.
Do you's have any chemical suggestions for weed/grass control. I have tried cultivating but my rows are to close together to get the tractor thru and effectively till the ground.
Luremaker
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I've never used any herbicides in my gardens for weed control but according to my Guide to Weed Control you can apply Poast Ultra plus Merge for post emergence grass on pumpkins and squash at the 1 to 6 leaf stage. Someone else may be able to offer some help there. Next year space your rows so that you can cultivate them.
Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control
Luremaker
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Last night I got out to the patch and thought things were looking pretty good. Still no beetles :thumbsup:. The plants are vining well and there are hundreds of flowers ready to open in the next few days. Weather has been near perfect this summer for a change. Lots of sun, heat and rains have been averaging 1-1/2" per week.
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Those pumkins look great. Much more neat and tidy than mine that are running accross the grass. :laughing:
I planted a 1/2 acre patch of Connecticut Field variety in upstate NY on Memorial day weekend. 10 foot rows with seeds spaced at 2 feet. Seed germination was over 90%. Fertilized with 1/2 cup or so of 10-10-10 around each plant in mid-June right before a heavy rain. Also, the spot I planted was all white clover, and had been for several years, so there should be lots of Nitrogen available. Cultivated between rows with a 6 ft drag as long as I could and also controlled weeds with roundup. So far, it is the best pumpkin crop I have ever had with the whole patch filled in solid, leafs up about 3 ft, and lots of 4-6" green pumpkins already. Rainfall has been plentiful this year which helped a lot. Also have had no trouble with insects and cant hardly find a weed in the patch. The deer have given me trouble in the past, but since I started surrounding it with a couple strands of 20 lb fishing line, the only ones they get are those way out at the ends of the vine that they can reach from the outside. If it keeps up like this, my little girls will be able to put themselves thru college from money they earn selling them out at the road this fall.
