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Danville, CA (petman2@yahoo.com)

So I see alot of posts and read the books and see that there are a lot of growers putting their water in tanks to heat it. How hot does it get? The first water out of my hose is, what seems to me, scorching hot! Is this TOO hot for the pumpkin? Are they hot water tolerant? Do the tanks stay cooler due to their size? I actuall try to run the hose for a few minutes prior to watering to cool it down, however my auto water in the middle of the day run without such cooldown.

7/17/2006 3:37:51 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

cool it...were talkin about not throwing cold water (55 degree subterrenean) sic on plants not scolding em..

7/17/2006 4:12:50 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Pman, I have 4 55 gal drums full of water that I use to ground irrigate with, it never gets anywhere as hot as the small amount of H2O that is trapped in the hoses that I have run all over the place. I do some overhead irrigation, and don't worry bout the first few drops that come out. cause evaporative cooling process takes over pretty quick when it is real hot. Just a rookie opinion...Peace, Wayne

7/17/2006 10:47:13 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

There is an advantage to warming the irrigation water early in the season when soils are still cold. However this time of year anything near the soil temperature is fine.

Most tanks probably never exceed the air temperature on a warm spring day.

7/17/2006 11:26:16 PM

Rhode Island

mr. green has a 55 gal drum of water at his patch at all times.

he cools off in it after every patch pruning trip.

then every couple of weeks he uses the water as a folliar feed.

pap

7/18/2006 6:20:48 AM

Montoursville, PA

Rain water is best served up at ambient. The modest warming in barrels knocks down a bit, of thermal shock. If you are looking, for the small advantages just warming in barrels soaking up sunlight is a small advantage, to surface or underground irrigation. This time of year all overhead watering and fogging turns to ambient air temperature while in delivery. Hot hose water should be run off, on the surface, of the soil or put in a barrel. Only that first half minute, of hot hose water, would possibly shock leaves.

7/18/2006 7:46:19 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

So Pap are you saying the Secret to Fred's Success is that he uses his own Tea...as a foliar.

7/18/2006 9:04:36 AM

Pennsylvania

Our city water is shockingly COLD, I heat it and spray every evening,,,,, nice and warm.

7/23/2006 11:02:35 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Depending on how Fred aerates his "tea" he might be pre-heating it too.

7/23/2006 11:48:23 PM

Danville, CA (petman2@yahoo.com)

lol

7/24/2006 12:14:26 AM

Montoursville, PA

My bio compost pachage is absolutely finished compost when making aerobic tea. The temperature range between seventy six and eighty degrees produces a maximum build up called finished at about eighteen hours.

Depending where your barrel is may call, for heating or cooling whichever. The same temperature range should be maintained through application. No use to make all the good critters and shock them to death with thermal shock.

I produce them in well water brought up to ambient, of about 70 degrees sitting there for a day or two and finnished heating with a 30 Watt fish tank heater. This holds it's set temperature, in up to a 35 gallon container, during the months we need aerobic tea.

7/24/2006 11:18:00 AM