Below I've pasted a teriffic note from Beth to the hort.net distribution list (everything you ever wanted to read about raising Giants, all come to your inbox), concerning where you can research answers to your pumpkin questions. here 'tis:


Time for one of my occasional friendly reminders. Especially for
the new folks to the list, and to some of the not-so-new folks who perhaps
forget what a great resource Chris and Duncan maintain for us...http://www.hort.net/lists//pumpkins/search.cgi


The list archives are a phenomenal research tool. Yes, it takes just a
little bit of digging around and a little bit of time, but all these
subjects are covered, and pretty much all subjects have really good, solid
input from true heavy hitters. A lot of the HH's understandably burn out
answering the same questions over and over ('can I split the vines and put
in a little milk??', 'pointy end of the seed up or down??', etc.) and move
on, but thank heavens they were active on the list for a while, and their
contributions are still available for reference.


So you want to know how to prep seeds for planting? What about colchicine?
milk? yellow spots on leaves? (get ready for this - yellow spots on leaves
is such a common sympton of many, many problems - it's a little bit like,
'Mom, my tummy hurts!', and doesn't not have a single answer. But I'm sure
Bob Troy once posted a reference to some research site with images of
different variations that may help you i.d. your plant's yellow spots - go
search!). Soon you will have questions about pollination and pruning, then
culling extra fruits, relieving stem stress, shading fruits, and on and on.
All this info is out there in the archives!!


Go to the link at the tope, type in your search terms and see what you can
find. One hint about the search: you can't just type consecutive words
like in Google. You need to use all-caps connectors like AND, OR, etc.

Good luck all - And keep me posted! Kim