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New York

Hi everyone I started some pumpkin seeds on the 15th of April and they came up the 19th. Someone emailed me wondering if there was something wrong because they look very small compared to other plants started on the same date but we can’t figure out why. They are a very good color and short and stocky. I added mycorrhizae azos kelp and some fish meal. They plants are not burned at all and are under 4 4ft grow bulbs. Here’s a link to the diary http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301840. What are your thoughts of why there growing like this?

4/26/2019 7:52:12 PM

New York

Please ask if you need more details. Thanks!

4/26/2019 7:52:29 PM

Georgia

Nothing wrong with your plants, you just put them in large pots. If you had put them in 4in. peat pots they would look huge. It's like the old joke about marrying a girl with small hands.

4/26/2019 8:05:35 PM

New York

I started them in 5 inch peat pots now there in 5 gallon pots that aren’t filled to the top

4/26/2019 8:11:41 PM

Western NY

Mine look like that, I don't keep mine as warm as others can.

4/26/2019 8:17:25 PM

Georgia

5 gallon pot is huge for a plant with one true baby leaf. It is all about perspective. You are doing fine Adam.

4/26/2019 8:25:39 PM

Central NY

Lookin good

4/26/2019 8:41:05 PM

New York

Okay thanks for the help, just thought I was missing something

4/26/2019 9:37:20 PM

Central Illinois

Not all new plants are the same size,I have 4 sprouted the same day,two are huge the other 2 are small

4/27/2019 9:13:09 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Why use huge 5 gallon pots? They’re going to be really difficult to transplant.

4/27/2019 10:07:22 AM

New York

The weather is very unpredictable here and it rains a lot and is hard to dry out the soil. If anything happens I can keep the plants in longer. I cut the pots in half and cut taped them so now all I have to do is remove the duct tape take off one side put the plant in the hole and slide out the other half. I also didn’t fill the pot all the way

4/27/2019 10:57:56 AM

New York

My hoop house is warm though stays above 60 at night and the soil tempeture is 65 without any heaters or cables

4/27/2019 10:58:31 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

If your soil is that warm, and overnight temps are not below 60, then it’s time to plant.

4/27/2019 11:15:55 AM

Syracuse, NY

I was like, didn't notice how HUGE those pots were until
just now, but i think that if the plants were in there long enough, the roots therein would help to keep the mix together, approaching 'root-boundedness' - sounds to me like you have a plan(t), lol---combining THIS tactic with Glenoma Kins' paper bag method or similar, like, a more-rigid approach to preserve delicate roots in-place, might be a more-frequented (ad)venture. I, myself stick with run-of-the-mill Home Depot 4-inchers and only transplant TO plant out, but I'd be more adventurous up until then if the Farm Store hadn't closed, and the OTHER farm store hadn't discontinued the old-fashioned REAL 4-inchers---eg

4/27/2019 11:16:33 AM

New York

Would plant outside but I haven’t been able to add amendments and hand till yet because it’s way to wet it takes a long time to dry up. There are still some puddles because it just rained

4/27/2019 11:36:24 AM