Re: vine burial

Thanks Vince, couldn't have put it better.
I usually only put a shovel full of soil just where the leafstalk meets the vine. I add lighter soil to the ones on the main and keep and don't do much on covering the main leaving it open. I don't water in a three foot radius around the stump and had mounded to keep the stump high and dry. I either puff 3336 powder on the tips with an used ketchup bottle or spray 1/5 bleach/water or alcohol or H2O2 etc. If you know the disease in your soil you can find the sensitivity and the fungidie powder that connects to stopping the disease. I love to water by hand with a hose/wand in a flat spray pattern and direct the wand AT WILL to the necessary areas needed under the canopy of leaves and foliar spray with hose from mix in the barrels or with a dial hose-end sprayer. I have also used soaker hoses if I am real busy or tired but get bored with them and water by hand in which I can inspect leaves pumpkin etc. Inspecting for pests or bad fungi make sure to prevent disease, and keep the plant healthy, the pumpkin happy thriving. By the Way....Don't forget the Mychorizza under/against each root-node when burying roots. I believe I just summed up the secrets of growing a real giant. Oh, I forgot at least 8 hrs. of full sun, good proven seed or a cross the has a lot of potential genetically for hope. Picture the plant healthy and the fruit growing and get a connection with it and yourself...........Don WV
----- Original Message ----- From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com> 
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: vine burial



I always let the main vine continue to grow until it reaches
the end of the patch which is about 30 feet.  Many growers will
terminate it at some point.  I think this is probably pretty
safe to do at about day 50 or so at which time all vines should
be terminated.  I have seen significant pumpkin growth to day
100.  I like to have some newer leaves on the plant to help
support that late growth.

vince

--- Bridgette Antoinette Tojek <honeybempowered@gmail.com>
wrote:


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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