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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] To List or Stay Flat
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:39:23 -0500
Pumpkins are very deep-rooted plants. Illinois is the nation's #1 producer of pumpkins. none of the acreage in Illinois is planted in beds or listed. There are some acres irrigated but only because they are grown in light sandy soils. In my experience, in a severe drought, they are the last crop to show signs of drought stress.
That said, you're in a very different part of the country. It would be interesting to hear what folks closer to you say.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com>
To: "Mr Lucky" <steve AT mrlucky.com>; "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] To List or Stay Flat
I have a new area that'll be planted in pumpkins, about a quarter acre. The
land has been tilled and disked to make it level. What do you think about
planting as it is now, without listing? In other words, no beds. This,
like everything else around here, will be a dry land crop, no irrigation.
Thanks
TxBeeFarmer
West Texas Zone 7b
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