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Fairfield, California

Where i live in mississippi i get regular temps of 90 degrees. My pumpkin plant has several females on it but the all look like the were sun burned(the flower and pumpkin probably mearsure 1 cm long). Is there anything i can do to help them along till the point to when they bloom. I am currently using a pot proped up on something to shade them.

8/22/2005 4:22:10 PM

Hamburg, NY

Yes you can. I've promoted, for years to southern growers to use corn plants . Plant the corners as of a checherboard on 4' blocks. Then grow your pumpkin plants in the "maze" if you will. The native Indians did this very thing and also used beans to provide nitrogen. If you think its backward just know that as long as 300 years ago the Iroquois Confederacy had in stock 2 million bushels of corn at any one time. The corn will provide shade for your pumpkin. Give it a try. /Ray

8/22/2005 6:37:27 PM