Vine and pumpkin growth
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Vine and pumpkin growth
- From: "* J* N* <c*@execpc.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 08:34:33 -0600
Ron:
An interesting subject indeed! I certainly don't have the answer to this
question, but would like to shed a little light on the plant physiology of
the issue. Its my understanding that in "normal" plant growing situations
(which may or may not be true for AGS) photosynthates, and other "goodies"
move in the plant relative to source / sink relationships. A source for
photosynthates would be a leaf region with high net photosythesis, and a
sink would be an area like a developing fruit that needs lots of stuff.
The movement would then be from source to sink. Many different plant parts
at different times of the year can be sources and sinks.
For example in the fall a root storage crop will have the roots being the
main carbo sink, and the leaves are the source. In the spring the roots
become the source and the leave growth is the sink until they develope.
I'm not sure what this means for AGS, but I thought I'd pass it along
anyway.
Rick from Wisconsin
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