Re: vines
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- Subject: Re: vines
- From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 02:26:32 -0800
What I find interesting is the question of just how much photosynthesis is
required. For a long while it has been thought that pumpkins need full sun
all day!
I too thought this until this past season. The area of my patch which
produced my 977lber recieved 30% to 40% full shade for 50% of the day
depending on the time of day and month.
Chris Andersen
Moraga, Calif.
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>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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