RE: vine burial

take the main, cut with a scissors, put some 1% rubbing alcohol on the end and
then bury under a mound of dirt, eventually the plant will push another
secondary or tert up through the dirt but this should help for a while, don't
know how far out you are, but don't terminate the main till at least day 30
post pollination of you fruit that you know took and is growing nicely.
Otherwise, let the main keep growing as well as your secondaries, one caveat
is if you are limited on space then you will need to terminate as mentioned
above. Hope this helps
ji

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net on behalf of Bridgette Antoinette Tojek
Sent: Mon 8/18/2008 4:16 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: vine burial



My main concern now is the Primary Vine. I removed all female
blossoms, as opposed to the blossom and fruit from the primary vine.
That was how I culled. Every time I removed the blossom that was at
the end, a new one would grow. This put on three more feet because it
happened three times. I was trying to divert all energy to the fruit
but as I culled, each time one more foot of new vegetative growth
appeared with a new female at the end. What do I do with the terminal
end of the primary vine because once again, a new female is emerging.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:04 PM, vince <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When terminating a vine or pinching off a teriary, I usually do
> not bury the ends but leave them to dry in the air to reduce
> the chance of causing the severed end to rot.  They will air
> dry in a few days and I've never had a problem.  I usually
> pinch off teriaries when they are very small which leaves a
> very minor injury.  When I terminate larger secondaries, I
> always cut right   at the far edge of a leaf juction so as not
> to leave a long hollow tube of vine.  The hollow part narrows
> right at a leaf junction.
>
> I don't believe burying the ends of the vines provides any
> benefit and could cause rot problems.
>
> vince
>
>
>
>
> --- Bridgette Antoinette Tojek <honeybempowered@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for that info- I will carefully evaluate what I have
>> been
>> feeding the plant and try to decide what went wrong. I also
>> do not
>> know what it means to pinch the vine. Is this simply bending
>> the end
>> and then burying it? Kind of clamping the end of the vine? I
>> just
>> worry about leaving an opening/ gap for bacteria and such.
>> But I need
>> to do this as soon as possible but am reluctant to do so
>> without a
>> response from the experts. I am sure it seems simple enough
>> to most but to me it seems as if I am missing something.
>> Sorry
>> Bridgette
>
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