Morgan's Farms occupies about 12 acres of corn and pumpkins in Bedford County and this summer's heat almost wiped them completely out. P.W. Morgan, the owner of this family business, explains, “95, 100, 103 & 104 degrees is just devastating to a crop." He said they were lucky to end the season with a pretty average crop.
But, because of this summer's hot temperatures P.W. also said they were forced to irrigate their patch, pumping water from the bottom of their lake up the hill. He said this is the reason they have pumpkins now, "If we didn't irrigate... I would say this year would be almost a failure, almost a complete failure."
And irrigating cost them but, it’s the price P.W. is willing to pay to have more pumpkins through the fall. He said, "I'm just going to have to take the beating, but our pumpkins will be the same price as they've been."
They've already picked some pumpkins and if the weather cooperates, "Once they get ripe and completed their growth you need dry weather because if it’s lying on a wet, soggy ground it’s not good for it." They hope to have pumpkins on the vine through early November.
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