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"Val" wrote:

"Chris" wrote in message
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I was outside yesterday and my daughter and I were admiring the
pumpkin plants. They seemed to have put on about 12-16 inches of
growth in the last couple days! Nice little flower buds on them too...

I went out today and every leaf was wilted and drooping! Emergency
water patrol....a couple hours later and everyone is back in shape.
Just one hot day, doggone it. They're a lot more sensitive than the
other stuff I have growing atm, which seemed to handle the last 24
hours just fine.

Chris

When I grew pumpkins I used gallon milk jugs to keep them watered. Washed
out the milk jug, punched a few holes on the bottom edge and buried in pairs
about 12" apart with just the neck above ground. I planted each pumpkin
between two jugs. Once the pumpkins where established I just used the hose
to fill the jugs. It puts a lot of water, as you found out they are thirsty
plants during peak growth, right to the roots. It also encourages the roots
to grow deeper and stay down where the water is but keeps the ground dry
around the pumpkin...no rot. It also makes it easy to heavily feed the
pumpkins vines.

Val

I knew some folks that did the same only they used milk.

Bill

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA