![]() Limit the use of insecticides when blossoms are setting. All vine crops depend on insects for pollination. Treat extra early sowings with a fungicide, for cool soil protection. of row - or in hills of 5 seeds per hill, 4 ft./122 cm. Donovan 's, 'Mellow Yellow' Misheard Lyrics: I'm just mad about cell phones Original Lyrics: I'm just mad about saffron This song actually predates cell phones, but it's evident that the person who heard it in recent decades (such as the Gap commercial) may have heard it that way. Leave a bit of stem on each fruit, when it is cut from the vine.ĬOMMERCIAL CROPS: Sow outdoors from May 10th. Harvest before severe frost, keep cool 55 - 60☏/13 - 16☌. If it doesn't freeze hard or rain for long periods leave them on the vine till Halloween. Pick pumpkins after they are bright orange and the skin is hard. Remove all blooms or flowers from each plant from this point on to prevent further pollination.įeed regularly (once every 15 days) with a weak solution of 5 - 20 - 20 fertilizer. ![]() For show size fruit (to be used at county fairs), limit fruit to one central pumpkin per plant. When small pumpkins are 2 in./5 cm in diameter, remove all the fruits at the ends of the vines, leaving the best 3 pumpkins at the center of the plant. Water plants at first sign of wilt throughout the summer - but don't wet -the leaves, it encourages disease. ![]() Dust plants regularly, every week to prevent cucumber beetles. Each plant requires 15 - 20 ft/ 5 - 6 m in diameter. It has also been a popular song used in various guises for commercials for Coca Colas Mello Yello, Cadburys Caramello. rows, staggered 8 ft/2.4 m apart, in every other row. Transplant in a sunny spot in 5 ft./ 2 m. After seeds have sprouted, feed pots once lightly, with a soluble fertilizer. deep, cover seed with fine soil and firm. Don't wait till late June to seed them, or they will never mature! For giant size pumpkins you can start seed indoors in 3 in./8 cm. Sow 3 lbs./1 kg per acre oz./28 g sows 20 hills Pumpkins take over 100 days to mature from seed. PUMPKIN - for Halloween, processing & home garden.
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