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Harrisville, Pa

Sorry if this has been asked before. I did do a search and nothing came up. Well anyway what size and color of tarp should I get for the pumpkins for shading purposes? 4 by 6 or something different. Does color really matter?

7/19/2006 3:02:50 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

the most important thing I can think of is make the structure SOLID, too many people have their structure fall on the poor punkin, color is not important, but I think orange is kewl

7/19/2006 7:29:06 PM

Bristol, ME (stunner906@roadrunner.com)

Check out this shade structure instructional page:
http://www.mainepumpkins.com/shade.html
Hope this helps.

7/19/2006 8:46:39 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I go to WalMart and buy cheap white fabric from the dollar a yard rack. 6 yards will make covers for 4 pumpkins. I just lay it over the pumpkin once it starts getting beyound the shade from the leaves. It works great. I tried shading a couple last year with black weed block fabric. The fabric fell down on my son's pumpkin and caused a burn on the skin. The pumpkin recovered, but I won't make that mistake again.

7/20/2006 2:08:50 PM