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Gold Hill, Oregon

ok like i said in my last posting, i'm new at this. whats up with sugar water? do you add sugar to the water to give to the roots? or is it injected into the stem? i had someone tell me to inject the stem with milk. someone else told me milk would kill the pumpkin.

any input would be helpful

thank you

11/19/2008 6:22:19 AM

now you are not on the right track,,,,I thought you were a master gardener? does this relate to anything you have learned?

11/19/2008 6:32:14 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

You have hit all the fallacies...

Only thing I ever use milk for is a diluted preparation sprayed on to kill powdery mildew. Or drinking it myself for good healthy bones.

Only 'sugar water' I deal with is my soda that I guzzle.

As you would to grow anything else, garden prep in FALL is paramount, and doing your soil test and amending is where you should start. This is 'extreme gardening' and it will take a good deal of effort and time, not to mention money and space.

11/19/2008 7:24:59 AM

Minnesota

Do you mean using Molases.

11/19/2008 8:20:19 AM

Waquoit Mass

ah big pumpkins lol

11/19/2008 8:59:38 AM

Westford, MA

I think you may want to limit the amount of Mg (Magnesium) you've got in your patch.
Many of us go heavy on the manure.

11/19/2008 9:54:33 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Sugar and water fed by a wick through a hole in the stem was standard practice amongst UK Marrow growers 50 years ago or so,its fun going out and topping up the liquid after its been sucked up overnight.everyone did it because everyone else did (sounds familiar)But I wouldn't do anything to reduce the sap carrying capacity of a stem on a competition plant.

11/19/2008 12:08:03 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I don't know if sugar water would be so far fetched...as a soil drench? Wouldn't it give somewhat similar results to molasses? Maybe help increase the brix level of the plant.

11/19/2008 3:08:26 PM

Dummer Twp - Ontario

"Sugar Water" as many will Phrase it is a mixture of sugar concoctions, if you look at the make up of most carbo loaders on the market now they are a mixture of sugar based combinations to be used for weight gain and additional flowering, I have been using these for two years and do like them, I will be using more molasses next year also, my fruits in the last two years that I used this on have been to chart or heavy. I'm a firm believer in this but not the milk wives tale.

Kirk

11/19/2008 4:19:36 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

If you change the name of this thread to "molasses", then I think there is a lot of unexplored ground to cover. Molasses is essentially "liquid brown sugar". A lot of growers use it, mostly on leaves, and beyond that I really don't understand the purpose. What does this do, physiologically, to the plant?

11/19/2008 8:21:55 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

thank you everyone for your information.

11/21/2008 3:14:55 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Cliff, not sure...but thinking it increases brix??? and therefore decreases possibility of fungal infection? Just sorta guessin here!! Peace, Wayne
Also, the run-off feeds somethin or other in the soil.

11/22/2008 2:27:21 AM