Re: Pumpkins

Posted by DAN9-Midwest on December 18, 2006 at 02:16:58 from (67.142.130.12):

In Reply to: Pumpkins posted by CBBC on December 17, 2006 at 09:04:49:

Hope I'm not too late on this but we used to grow ten or so acres for many years. We evolved to use a Cole 12MX one row planter set up on a three point hitch on a small tractor. They have a large seed plate setup uniquely designed for a large seed. (a small JD planter with manually "opened-up" plastic plates might work too) We planted on a seven foot row and 18 inches between single seeds in gravel loam soil. We then ran a tractor driven rototiller between the rows for most weeds and band sprayed over the top for grass and fungus things. There is a chemical that will kill grass and not pumpkins. Maybe Poast?
We did not like the three seeds to a hill thing because of too much plant competition and the difficulty of mechanical weeding. We got bigger pumpkins and better results with one seed.

Replies:

• Re: Pumpkins--More DAN9-Midwest 01:04:06 12/19/06 (0)
• Re: Pumpkins CBBC 07:48:14 12/18/06 (0)

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