Re: Roots vs Leaves (watering)
jon
just reading over your letter in regards to stump rot. We (the Carlsons)
are fresh off a stump rot year. Like you say there was no signs of
anything wrong until it was to late. no holes splits or cracks. just a
little lagging in the plant and fruit developement. once it was cut from
the plant things picked up. We have very sandy soil that drains very
good. we have to water from a city faucett. could the chlorine or other
chem. have any thing to do with it. we did not over water but we think
overhead watering has something to do with it. we will cover the first
3 to 4 feet of main with a plastic roof to help keep this dry during
rains or watering. I think pete Glasier told me he had these same
problems and this helped him. sorry the problems I had don't nec.
support your theory but that is my 2 cents worth!!!
the Carlson Dan and BethJon 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
>
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