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RE: Please look at this

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Hello all.  I'm concerned that my only good pumpkin at the moment is
being dug into by the vine.  I've read here that I should move it very
small amounts each day so that the pumpkin becomes perpendicular to the
vine.  I've tried moving it but all that's happened is that the vine is
digging in an inch or so lower than it was before.  What do I do about
this ?  Do I just need to be a bit more brave and try twisting the
pumpkin around a little harder with risk of snapping it off ?   

If anyone will be kind enough to take the time, the beast in question
can be viewed at the following URL:   (Haven't attached it as I don't
want to swamp everyone with several KB they may not want to see !) 

http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/ngpearce/html/pumpkin_.html

You'll see what I mean.

Many thanks in advance for any comments.

- Nick.
Cheltenham, UK.

PS. Anyone else in UK reading this ?

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I use a different product from the norm.  If you look at some seed
catalogs, they have clip which will secures your plastic to a pvc pipe
for  greenhouse construction. The clip comes in different sizes and I
use the one inch size.  I just open up the clip which and slide the vine
into it and move the clip in between the vine and pumpkin.  No more
scratches.  The thickness of the clip is only an 1/8 of inch and it does
bend alittle.  The cheap way to solve the problem is to place a piece of
Styrofoam between your vine and pumpkin.


Duncan McAlpine
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