Re: Just chop it off?
In a message dated 07/22/00 3:27:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
redbone@cyber-quest.com writes:
> I have a plant with two good pumpkins left on the main vine. The one I am
> going to keep is about 72 inches around (circumference). The next one is
> about 4-5 feet further down the main from this one. My question is how
should
> the second one be taken off? Slowly or all at once? It is a little bigger
> than a basketball.
> Mark
I think the safest and most conservative way is to cut halfway through the
stem one day, and then finish the job the next day. This will dampen the
shock effect of any sudden suge of food to the remaining pumpkin.
Or you can just hack away and most likely nothing bad will happen. I am doing
it right now the first, safe way.
John in San Jose
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