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Chris, Jon, others
In years past I have used shade cloth over parts of the plant. The plants
look healthy and happy . But when I then romoved the shade cloth the plant
would wilt in the early morning sun. It wasn't even that hot!! Plants that
were not shaded seemed to be fine in the sun like they had built a
resistance to a certain degree literly. By shading plants it seemed to
make them whimpy or should I say limpy. Then after a few days they would
get strong and handle the light better. So what the hek is going on??
LIGHT INTENSITY the closer to the equator AG have adjusting to do?? Another
observation I have had is that the plant moves its water at night(or can in
a shaded environment?) and when the sun comes up slows considerably. I
watch this astonishing event from a torn vine tap root.........early say
5-6am the water was dripping heavily from the tear........then the sun
would be in full swing at 9am and it stopped. Now after this jaw dropping
event 5 days in a row. I began to wonder if in hot areas it would be better
to control the amount of leaves lessening the transpiration from the
leaves. (perhaps letting the vine grow out bury then whack back leaves ??)
Like Mr. 991..who pruned out every other secondary and X-mas style....or
partial shade like Mr. 977 pruning Xmas tree but leave all secondaries on
the plant. Is there any connection between climate and pruning??
What is most common in northern areas??....brock
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>Mike & Jon,
>Yes the 1006 plant which grew the 977 was close to 1,200 sq ft. I did not
>prune any side branches. Reading Jon' thoughts on pruning every other side
>vine and having seen other heavy hitters use this technique of pruning with
>consistent success I would venture to say there is definitely some merit to
>this theory and method. I am going to concentrate on this next season.
>Another question for Jon, how much sun exposure did you have on your patch?
>Full sun all day or was the plant in partial shade during certain times of
>the day? I am wondering if in hot climates, shade while cutting some
>photosynthesis down might not be harmful but actually beneficial? I bring
>this up as the 977 was grown on a plant which received only partial sun. In
>the morning the North 1/2 side of the plant received full sun until about 1
>PM. By this time the North half was in the shade and the South 1/3 of the
>plant was in the full sun until about 4 PM, then filtered light the
>remainder of the afternoon. This blew the theory for me of full sun, all
>day, and the farther North you are the more sun light you have which is also
>believed to be the reason more large pumpkins come from Latitudes farther
>North.
>Chris
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