Re: vine rooting
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: vine rooting
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 19:22:25 -0300
>Ok, here's a question. I have read that you want to encourage vine
>rotting at the leaf stems to get a better pumpkin. If your pumpkin
>is set 15 feet or so on your main vine do you need to have the vine
>rooting at 20 feet and so on? Do the nurtients actually run backwards
>to the pumpkin, or does it just take in more water for the vine? The
>reason that I ask this is that it would seem to me that you could
>reduce the risk of stem problems if one end was free. Are there
>disadvantages to this?
>********************************************************
Jon,
I find your typo pretty funny .........but your question is a good
one.....a real good one!!........which way do the nutrients flow?.....I
really don't know for sure..as I am not a plant biologist....but i am
looking for examples like is the apple at the top of the tree going to get
the biggest with the whole tree behind it......or is it the one in the
middle that gets the biggest.......I bet on the apple in the
middle.................I believe both sides of the vine stem feed the
pumpkin ........stem stress is not that big of a deal if you prepare for it
and watch it closely.......most growers would try and have both sides of
the vine feed the pumpkin than sacrafice the trailing vine to prevent stem
stress.........BUT if you run into the stem spliting and things are so
tight you can make the sacrafice to save the stem......... but as a
preventive measure i say no..........brock
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