Plants survived the night with no frost. An early morning rain (4 am) cured that problem, Hoping to get the patch tilled down later today. We have a cover crop of winter wheat that's growing like crazy & needs to be tilled down.
Plants are growing as well as can be expected in this cold windy wet weather. We have a 2145 McMullen, 1803 Hoelke, & an 1,937 Urena (2145 x 2230). We also have giant carrots, parsnip, rutabagas, kohlrabi, watermelon, tomatoes & cabbages.
I'll try to get some pictures later.
Jane & Phil
The cool weather has slowed growth considerably. We need a week of really nice weather. Mid 20's would do, with no wind. Anyway we decided to try to do a diary on the new website, so keep an eye out for our latest postings. We'll take some pictures when it stops raining.
All three pumpkins are @ 7+/- ft long, with 2' secondary vines. All seemed to be aggressive growers, but slowed down with this latest cold front. Our goal is for a June 20th pollination @ 14' out, but if this continues, it likely won't get to grow that long before the 1st pollination.
Finally got the patch tilled down, so we'll take a soil sample & maybe a tissue sample to see where we're at as far as the soil goes. This is by far the latest we've ever been to get the soil tilled down.