Re: Side vine theory
Hello. It is very common for the young pumpkins to abort. A few reason
are incomplete or poor pollination, a high temperature, a fast growing
plant, especially if you have fertilized around the time of pollination.
At the early stage the plant has only one thing in mind and that is massive
vine growth. Mother nature will take over and the plant will down shift
turning to fruit production. These are my observations.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Heilmanjon@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: Side vine theory
> 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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