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Mount Prospect,illinois

Here comes Ernesto! What may happen to the pumpkins if you guys get 5-8 inches of rain in a day? Is there a split issue? Or is it a good thing and will bump the big ones a bit.

9/1/2006 7:13:44 AM

Hudsonville, Michigan ([email protected])

I would never call 5-8 inches in one day a good thing for an AG plant. Batten down the hatches!

9/1/2006 12:21:20 PM

Leicester, NY

Those kind of rain amounts could wash the pumpkin down stream, split the fruit or just shut the growth down altogether. So, I putting in my vote for not a good thing.

9/1/2006 12:44:56 PM

Ri

i hope we dont get the brunt here in RI but you nver know like joe said anything is gonna be bad

9/1/2006 2:51:51 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

gonna suck.....

9/1/2006 3:03:27 PM

Mount Prospect,illinois

I figured it couldn't be good but what do i know as far as these pumpkins are concerned. Hope the storms either miss or go easy on all of you.

9/1/2006 4:03:03 PM

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The sound of Rice Krispies will be heard, unfortunately, along the Northeastern region with all the rain.. Snap, crackle, POP!... May you figure out a way to divert all the rain from the patch. 3 - 5 inches in 24 hours is a sure fire way to blow out the walls if you are not careful.

Some ways to avoid this..
1. Pray.
2. Drink heavily (the loss won't hurt as much).
3. cut every other secondary to slow down the flow.
4. Bring in a roof like the skydome and close it over the patch.
5. Put a few thousand dry sponges on the ground and have the rain soak into them.
6. Forget it, just go to the store and buy more Yuengling Lagers.

9/1/2006 4:09:58 PM

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We had 8" of rain in a day here a few weeks ago. One of our warehouses flooded (grrrrr...)

What's another 5 inches?

9/1/2006 9:43:25 PM

Unknown

WITH THAT MUCH RAIN PREDICTED ID GO WITH THE ROCKS SUGGESTION.
CUT AWAY PART OF THE PLANT.
BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION RATHEN THAN BE LEFT HOLDING " THE BAG "
T.U.G

9/2/2006 8:12:52 AM

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Tomato growers sometimes undercut their plants with a shovel to prune roots for this very reason.

Wouldn't it make more sense to cut roots than vines? Leaves don't absorb much rain water. But roots do.

9/2/2006 5:40:36 PM

Santa Rosa, CA.

Interesting idea you have Steve. I've herd of people doing the same thing to keep their cabbage from splitting.

9/2/2006 7:37:07 PM

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The idea is that the root system is VERY large now. But the fruit's need for water is less than during the peak growth phase. Hence balancing the "supply-demand ratio" may reduce split potential.

Some pplants & grasses are "self root pruning". Cucurbita is not.

9/3/2006 10:28:08 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

whacked my plants bad...not able to spray for a week and the wind took out alot and the PM has set in..darn!

9/3/2006 6:04:55 PM

ordinary,VA

Power back on,trees cleared from the driveway.
coulndt do much with the 9in. of rain.
sure em glad pumpkins float........

9/4/2006 2:14:20 PM