Re: Trenching
In a message dated 2/23/00 1:31:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
rptroy@earthlink.net writes:
<< ubj: Re: Trenching
Date: 2/23/00 1:31:25 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: rptroy@earthlink.net (Robert Troy)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Beth,
Trenching is usually done ahead of the vine so as the vine grows and lays
down,
it is in the trench. You just back fill a little at a time basically before
the
roots develop. Soil disturbance should be minimal.
I would go for the larger tap roots and sacrifice a few of the smaller root
hairs if necessary. As we have discovered there are plenty of them and
loosing a
small percentage of them would probably not impact the plant. Each tap root
will also put out it's own hair roots.
Bob T.
Torrance, Ca. >>
Now why didn't I think of that! Sounds like a much better idea than burying
and finding and hauling soil to do so.
Thanks
George Brooks
North Tewksbury, MA USA
Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack River Valley
Zone 5N
Personal Bests
617.6 1991
641 1993
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