RE: Burying Vines
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: Burying Vines
- From: M* N* <M*@optiosoftware.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:39:11 -0500
Joe,
The burying is not to protect them from vine borers but rather to
encourage rooting. The way I understand it, this is essential to growing
a really big 'un. I have heard that a properly buried vine will root
both at the bottom and the top at the leaf nodes.
I suppose it would indeed help in the fight against borers as well. I
don't think the female will tunnel through dirt to get to a vine. I
think most borer infestations occur mostly at close proximity to the
main root - within a few feet of the original planting site. I would
definitely pay extra attention to this area.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mills, Joe [SMTP:MillsJ@doaks.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 9:57 AM
> To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: Burying Vines
>
> Mike, I will be interested in whether this protects them from the
> borers. I can not relax yet with the idea of not being able to see
> where
> problems are developing on the vines so as to give them the immediate
> attention they need. I don't have faith that burying them in our
> latitude will keep them from the dreaded borer. If they are above
> ground
> at least you can get some sevin on them.
>
> Joe Mills
>
> >----------
> >From: Mike Nepereny[SMTP:MikeN@optiosoftware.com]
> >Sent: Monday, January 19, 1998 1:55 PM
> >To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> >Subject: Burying Vines
> >
> >One of the many things I did wrong last year involved not burying my
> >vines. Do you place just enough dirt over the vine to cover it or do
> you
> >mound it up?
> >
> >MIKE NEPERENY
> >Senior Software Developer
> >
> >Optio Software, Inc.
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> >
> >
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