Re: Has anyone ever tried this??
Steve
I have been experimenting with making a mound for the main vine to grow on near the fruit since 1997. Results have been mixed. It is trickey, and works best if you have a long stemed fruit. I have tried a lot of different variations. They are sort of complicated to explain properly without pictures to show how it works. I think it can be an advantage, but it can be a little risky. Maybe I will look into making some more explicite info on what I have done and put it on my web page. Keep experimenting.
Nic Welty
pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
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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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