Re: Roots vs Leaves, post season plant analysis
I had roots strung through heavy, compacted, clay at 5 feet from the
plant. Never underestimate the aggressive nature of these plants. This
year was my first, and I will de-compact the soil as deep and as far out
as I can afford with tilling in organic matter. If the spaghetti noodle
roots of an ag can get through 5 feet of compacted clay, (first year
grower did not know to stay off his soil) then they would have easily
gone further in better conditions. Next year's post season plant/root
analysis will bear this out(I hope). BTW, how may of you go through the
plot, dig roots to assess length and frequency? I moved before I could
do it this year but I will definitely do it next year.
Jon in Utah
>
>Years back i remember you commenting on this subject and i thought
>that you were
>wrong that a big plant was the ticket....and in some cases is.... I
>thought that
>the roots only went 8 inches..........until I did some
>test.s.........................and changed my mind.................and
>you
>aren't the last grower to realize this i am.............no one was
>blabbing
>their findings............and it seems to be figuring the best plant
>size for
>your area.........................and how many pumpkin you want per
>plant..................so this next season i will do more
>test...............and
>someday figure this out yeah
>right!!!..ha..ha..ha..ha,,,,,,,,,,,,brock
>
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