RE: vines
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: vines
- From: M* N* <M*@optiosoftware.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 09:20:35 -0500
Ron,
Just how small is 'small'? Also, I have heard of some people trimming
off all the tertiary vines. Are you doing this on any of your plants?
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pumpkin253 [SMTP:Pumpkin253@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 1997 8:54 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: vines
>
> This topic of discussion has been a hot one with me. I have talked to
> many
> plant biologists about leaves/ vines / roots feeding pumpkins. What
> everyone
> knows is the plant feeds through photosynthesis. Whether the nutrients
> feed
> back to the pumpkin from vines past the pumpkin is not known. I am
> begining
> to think more and more that we should be growing 2-3 pumpkins on our
> plants.
> To increase our chances and to combat blowout and other casualties. I
> have had
> plant biologists look at my plants only to tell me they thought that
> there was
> little chance that vines on the other side of the plant ( 10 - 20 '
> away )
> would actually be feeding the pumpkin.
> This all has to do with how we grow our plants. Big plant vs small
> plant how
> much is really needed? Like I have said before, I grow big plants, but
> this
> past season I have seen several pumpkins close to or in the 700 lb
> range grow
> on very small plants in back yard gardens.
>
> Ron Wallace
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