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Posted by Rachaelfish 6 North Carolin (My Page) on Wed, Mar 24, 04 at 18:23
Hi!
I was just wondering if anyone had ever tried this.
I read about it in a fictional novel when I was in elementary school-I think it might have been in "Old Yellar."
the author talks about slicing the pumpkins skin, wrapping a cloth around it and then dipping the other end of the cloth into a bowl of milk. Supposedly the pumpkin sucks up the milk. I have never tried it. |
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RE: Milk Fed Pumpkins
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I remember that Almonzo Wilder did this in the Laura Ingall Wilder book "Farmer Boy". I assume if it was in both books it might work.
Tamar |
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| Pumpkins have no way of consuming milk...The stuff that comes out of the rear end of the cow is much better. |
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| milk fedding pumpkins is an old agrocultural myth. |
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| The fat and cholesterol etc. cannot be absorbed. Myth. |
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| My pumkins only want to drink Doctor Pepper and eat junk food and stuff. I caught one trying to sneak out of the garden with my carkeys to go on a beer run the other night too. Damned delinquent pumpkins (sigh) |
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| suicidal pumpkins!! Drinking beer and driving!! Better hide the keys!! |
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Here is a link that might be useful: Adding fuel to the milk theory
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a year of rotted manure does the super growth trick around here! My son is the proud grower of over 200 pumpkins every year. He uses some for feed treats for his chickens, ducks & geese. They love them. The deer love them too but we have so many we don't mind at all. In fact my neighbor loves to look out her kitchen window that overlooks our back field of pumpkins and watch the deer....
Use old manure or compost tea and you will produce a bigger yield all the way around. |
RE: Milk Fed Pumpkins
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Rachel,
Check out the link below - People who say they have done it.
Good Luck and let us know how it goes! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Milk Fed Pumpkins
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| Thanks everyone for you advice.I'll be sure to check out the links and experiment,it cant hurt :) |
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| I hear someting about using milk (it has to be skim) to put on pumpkin leaves to treat a white mildew problem. but never heard of feeding them milk. |
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| Bottom-line =HOGWASH!!! although it has been used to treat powdery mildew -- but for growth HOGWASH! currently we are wrapping the pumpkins in towels soaked in a water soluble calcium. |
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| So now that we've established the fact that the milk theory is "hogwash", would anyone care to elaborate on the treatment of mildew using milk? |
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| I've never tried it, but a search on GardenWeb turns up a number of discussions. Here's one that also contains additional links if more information is needed: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Using milk in Vegetable Gardening Forum
RE: Milk Fed Pumpkins
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| My grandmother talked about milkfed pumpkins, but being a teenager (at the time) I didn't pay enough attention. Now I've been bitten by the big veggie bug. Maybe I'll give it a try along with all the other tips. I'm in zone 2b, so pumpkins are a challenge. |
RE: Milk Fed Pumpkins
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Feeding Pumpkins milk is certainly a myth.
Milk can be used to control powdery mildew with good results. What the milk does when sprayed on the leaves is coat them with a film which traps the powdery mildew.
The single greatest factor in growing a Giant pumpkin, is genetics. Most Giant pumpkins are grown from the Atlantic Giant variety.
Most Giant pumpkin growers are happy to give their seeds to new growers by simply sending them a SASE.
The greatest collection of Giant pumpkin growers can be found at www.bigpumpkins.com.
This year I sponsored a Giant pumpkin "virtual weigh off" at my website www.perrysgreenhouse.com
The winner of this years contest grew a 678 pound pumpkin.
I currently have two in the garden, one weighs @700 pounds, the other @ 438, both are my personal best.
Good Luck in your Giant pumpkin growing venture! |
Here is a link that might be useful: The PGGC Giant Pumpkin forums
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