RE: Has anyone ever tried this??





In 1998, in Streamwood, IL, there was a guy that tried that.  He grew his
vines on two foot high piles of mushroom compost.  That way the vine was
much higher than the pumpkin, thus - no stem stress.  Said he didn't even
have to cut the roots on either side of the pumpkins.  Claimed to grow three
that way from the 1996 Zehr 1061 seed.  

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>List, Has anyone ever grown fruit on a vine that was elevated? By this
I
>mean, as the vine grew out you piled soil up and let the vine grow on top
>of it. In 1999 I did this to an extra plant I had growing, it was under
>200sq.ft. The dirt was about 18" high and about 4 foot wide, and went the
>length of the main. For some reason the main just ended about 15 foot out,
>but I had a fruit going on it about 9 foot out. The fruit grew and I never
>had to cut any of the roots off from under the main vine. I have some other
>ideas that would work well with type of thing, just need some others input.
>If anyone has tried this or anything like this I would like to hear from
>you! My fruit ended up 603lbs. and was not a wheel shape. But I could see
>were this type of growing would work well for a wheel shaped fruit.
>Steve Krug
>Amana Ia.
>




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