"rwwkv6" wrote in message
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To the veteran Pumpkin Grower,

I'm going to be starting my first pumpkin patch this spring, and I'm
stocking up on all of the general 'how to's' I can get. Any suggetions,
or tricks of the trade would be great. Thanks.

Rob.

My father always swore that the big growers split the stem above the chosen
fruit, threaded a small piece of cotton rag through the split. The other
end of this strip of material was in a gallon jug of water. This, he said,
fed the fruit a direct and steady supply of water to plump it up.

shrug I never tried it but I still might some day.