Re: Roots vs Leaves (watering)
Jon S Hun wrote:
> Several years ago Doc Pumpkinstein wrote about this subject. It was
> published in the WPC news letter. I seem to have missed placed the
> article but the just of it was the plant roots extended out beyond the
> trunk by some 25 to 30 feet. He used a high pressure hose to remove the
> dirt and found a massive bed of roots going in all directions form the
> trunk. He also found that the majority of feeder roots stayed up in the
> top 6-8 inches of soil. As I recall these were what he called the main
> support for the plant. He warned of the dangers of deep watering
> because most of us have heavy soil and the sub soil will retain moisture
> and the deep roots will rot making our plants week. This may explain
> some of the problems we have been having with stump rot. Possibly the
> roots start to rot and decay travels up the larger roots to the
> stump.(just a theory) I lost two plants to stump rot this year and never
> found any large roots attached to the stump. I think the rot may have
> started in the large vine roots and worked its way to the surface where
> it was too late to treat the problem. This seems to be a big problem for
> a lot of growers both new and experienced. Have any of you with well
> drained soil experienced root or stump rot problems?
>
Jon Hunt \\\\\\.
This is some excellent stuff!!!!!..............I was wondering if most of
the variability with some of the awesome seed....was root
rot........putting limitations on the fruit........it seems what I have seen
is these feeder roots last for a short period of time then disappear....are
finished with there mission or rotted.....Mb
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
