Re: Split vines

Yes, good luck. I will be lucky if this one gets to 500lbs. The other one is maybe 50lbs....late 
bloomer and still split the vine.  Darn!
Next year I will try something different to get enough slack. The S-shape approach doesn't 
seem good enough or I am doing something wrong with not enough "S" depth.
I am thinking of elevating the vine as it grows starting at about 6' to 8' out. The idea is to have the baby pumpkin pollinated up in the air about 3' to 4' and let it hang down. Then it can grow right side up instead of on it's side as is usually the case. I might need to build a dirt ramp to support the vine and allow burying the side vines. It seems a LOT 
of slack is needed to prevent stress buildup on the stem to vine connection.

Dave

Mankes wrote:

I did the same here Dave.  Half of the vine is still attached, so here is to
good luck!



Scott


Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:31:01 -0700
From: djsquires@ultraplix.com
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Split vines

Well, I had a different problem this year. I didn't get quite enough
slack in the vine
it seems. The pumpkins tore off about half of the vine with them
leaving at least something
to feed the growing monster. So I cut loose the tight parts to loosen
the vine in the
direction of the main trunk. Well, at least it didn't come completely
off the main and
they are still growing.

Dave


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