Re: Side vine theory
john,
I just had one of my pumpkins stop growing, it was about softball size. I
cut the side vine when i thought it was set, it grew the next two days to
softball size, now it hasn't grown in the last 3 days!?! i am wondering what
is going on. Is it because i cut the side vine? i know the pumpkin has
stopped growing for good. It is starting to wrinkle and turn white.
That is a very interesting hypothesis. It is making me contemplate on what i
should do.
Casey Neuville
Amherst Jct., WI
personal best-339 in 98
>
My friends,
> Due to some good and bad experience last year, I have come to a
hypothesis
> which I would like to put out for reaction.
> 1. When I had to cut off the secondary vine which was growing on the same
> side of the main as a fast growing pumpkin, the fruit stopped growing. It
had
> been at about 25 to 30 pounds.
> 2. When I grew my next best fruit on a side vine (secondary), I recalled
that
> experience (item 1) and let a tertiary grow, acting as a secondary,
hoping
> that it would feed the new fruit. In the confusion of vines and leaves
> (certainly none of you have had this experience), I let a side vine grow
from
> the teritary, (a quadernitary?), and I buried both of these fairly well.
> They, it turned out, rooted very well. The fruit grew to 597.5 pounds and
won
> a glorious eighth place and $50.
> So, my hypothesis is that it is very good to have a side vine "feeding"
the
> fruit, and it is not good to whack a side vine near an established fruit.
> What do you think?
> John in balmy San Jose
>
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