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Highland, Ca

Ok Don Young I know what it means but I don't think I know how to go about "pickin it up",can you give me a little help on that? I finally got one to stick but it is a little late and I would love to get just a bit more out of it..

7/30/2010 11:41:12 PM

British Columbia, Canada

TEE HEE.
I think Don was just kidding. Though I could be wrong, never heard of something like that.

7/31/2010 1:23:42 AM

Joliet, IL

nascar fan, when a pumpkin is smaller from pollination to day 25, it pretty much has everything in the soil it needs for good early steady gains for a nice foundation. that is in good ammended organically rich soil that is. small doses of ferts are still used to keep the plant healthy and producing consistantly and evenly. pushin it early is a good way to blow them up with a possible blossom end split or stem side splits. pushing early can be anything from more water, more frequent daily foliar ferts at higher doses, more p and k early on, more drenching ferts at higher doses, anything you can think off opposite you would do to slow them down if you had to. basically try to blow them up and see if they can take it. i am in no way putting words in don's mouth about what he means by "pouring the coals to it", but what ever he is doing is damn cool to see 95" circ. on day 20. i have a late secondary set thats 6 days old on a plant that was chopped in half due to main vine rot and allowed filled back in. the other 2 plants' pumpkins are 49 and 47 days old. but tonight i will hit all 3 plants with a good dose of 3-18-18 foliar and a very light dose of 0-0-25 mixed in with fulvic acid. therefore, my small 6 day pumpkin on the 1147 will be getting the same treatment as the big girls right from the git go. late in the game pumpkins means early growth as fast as possible while the sun is still higher in the sky and the days and nights are still warm.

7/31/2010 6:43:43 AM

Wi

dead headed plants

7/31/2010 10:25:50 AM

Pataskala,OH

You can't really push it safely at this point. The better the soil the better the pumpkin will grow throughout the season. daily light fertilization helps too by replenishing a little of the nutrients that have been eaten up. If your soil was up to par with Don Young your pumpkin would be that big too. LOL

7/31/2010 10:29:43 AM

Soldiers Grove, WI

I heard milk in the vines or something like that. LOL

7/31/2010 11:11:54 AM

Bloomington, IN

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/brianmo/miracle20gro6.jpg

7/31/2010 3:59:10 PM

Las Cruces NM

Nascar fan, Don's comments was about watching the weather reports an "picking it up" a bit befor the rain comes. I assumed that ment not to have a sudden change in growth due to excess rain (i.e., avoid splits). Have to say though, I caught that statement too and was curious as well.

7/31/2010 7:39:21 PM

Las Cruces NM

And Cholo, I can't find that product in any of our local stores or ONLINE. Guessing it's a beta product for the select few ... just too too funny LOL, thanks!

7/31/2010 7:43:32 PM

Highland, Ca

Thanks all for the comments.Cholo now that you have shared your secret how about a demonstration lol

8/1/2010 1:54:42 PM

Gays Mills, Wisconsin

Biochar is low temperature charcoal produced from a biomass of wood and leafy plant materials. Amending soil with biochar has been observed to increase the activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

8/2/2010 11:26:35 PM

Corbin, KY

LMAO, Don sure has a lot of spokesmen.

8/3/2010 10:35:34 AM