RE: Lost the Big One (NOW burying vines procedure)

This may show up 2x, I posted it almost 3 hrs ago but didn't see it yet.

Is there a correct procedure to bury parts of a vine over a lawn?

Should I:

water first?
spray daconil on the vine before burying?
spray W-T on the vine before burying?
water after burying with compost?
pull up as much grass & weeds as possible by hand?

any other procedures?

Is there any ill effect by burying now? I also noticed some leaves in
the areas I previously buried about 8-10ft out on the main last month
don't look as good as some of the leaves in the 15-25ft range, and the
largest leaves are near or beyond any set fruits. I didn't get good
fruit sets til 7/31-8/5 due to the heatwave we had and just severed some
tap roots within the first couple feet of my best pumpkin today, and
with the limited space I have, I'm afraid of stepping on the mains, so
black compost would make it easier to see where the mains are. I also
have my secondaries trained to run nearly parallel to the mains instead
of the x-mas tree pattern, so it's getting crowded, and some secondaries
are extending a few feet onto the blacktop driveway. 50-75% of my plants
are over the lawn.

I'm not growing for a weigh-off (too many heavy hitters come to mine),
just halloween & hope they'll grow til October. What can I use as a
guideline for size? My newest one pollinated 8/5 was at 49" circ & 118
ott total at 16 days.

Thanks


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:21 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: RE: Lost the Big One


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
Behalf Of George Heyne
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 9:19 PM
To: pumpkin
Subject: Lost the Big One


August 24th was not a good day as by biggest and fastest growing pumpkin
showed that crooked smile on the blossom end. During the first two weeks
of August, it gained 168 and 166 pounds. The pumpkin was pollinated on
July 12 and had an estimated weight at the end of July of 108 pounds.
The final circumference measurement was 150.5 inches and the OTT, 311.5
inches. Al Eaton's pumpkin estimation algorithm indicated that this
pumpkin would pass 800 pounds and that would have been my personal
best.  This is the second pumpkin in my patch to end this way.  :(

I still have several good pumpkins which should approach 600 pounds, but
none left with the vigor of the one which just died. This must be a year
for pumpkin blossom end splits in southeastern Minnesota as my fellow
pumpkin grower, Dave Bhaskaran also has had several. As you remember,
his 656 Bhaskaran was over 500 pounds at the end of July before
splitting.

Are splits all genetic or is our soil missing some ingredient?

Keep your pumpkins growing!

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn.



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