Re: Trenching
Tom,
I have seen trenching done in a variety of ways. Some Trench very heavy. All you can
see are nothing but the leaves and stalks coming out of the ground.
I trench a little on the lighter side. I prefer to be able to see how the vine looks
here and there.
In the scenario you describe below, I would bury all of the secondary vines, part of
the primary before the pumpkins and most all of it after the pumpkin as long as you
leave enough slack for the pumpkins to grow.
Bob.
Tom Olenio wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How much do you trench?
>
> If you keep the secondary vines pruned to 8 feet, and you have 1 or 2 pumpkins
> growing on the main vine, at least 10 feet out from the main tap root, how much
> of the vines (primary and secondary) do you trench? Do you trench the primary
> vine after the pumpkins? Do you trench the whole length of the vine, or just the
> leaf intersections?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> GBPUMPKIN@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 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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