Re: Roots vs Leaves (watering)
brock
when you talk about feeder roots are you refering to the tap roots under
the vines both main and secondaries? If you are that was all the roots
my pumpkin plant had!!! they did not disappear. Some of these under the
main were as big around as a broom handle and when pulled from the
ground would travel atleast 6 to 8 feet and sometimes longer. As far as
causing some variablity to the seeds, I've used the same Carlson 431#
seed for the last 3 years and only had one strong healthy plant. last
years was stumpless and the year before that drought and hail hurt us
terribly. The 1996 was very strong and the only one that set on a main
vine with this seed. wasn't pollinated until july 27th and only grew for
about 40 days when early frost killed all the plant. This one finished
at 662#. So is it roots or mother nature that effects us more?
the Carlsons Dan and Beth
Vickie Brock wrote:
>
> 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
>
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