Re: Ciliberto 983/ flat vines
My 600 reynolds is slow at side vining even though the main is beautiful and
growing fast. I did hold this one in the pot longer than I like too, about
12-14 days instead of my usual 7-10. This was also damaged by hail but only
slightly.
On the double vining thing, I have 2 this year, the 1190 and 815 Checkons.
I'm only a 4th year grower so take this for what its worth. on the simplest
of observations I'd say mine were caused by a harsh drop to the ground when
they started to vine, you can almost see the kink. These 2 plants are back
to back 4' apart growing in opposite directions. They were started the same
day and have had identical conditions in the patch. One of my other hills
which is the 801 and 983 cilibertos were started a little later, have had
less wind exposure and did not flat vine. All plants are on the same
feeding\watering and pest and disease control schedule. So anyway I guess
what I'm saying is environmental factors is what I think caused my flat
vines, next year I'm going to put stuff under the vines before they start to
drop just in case. Maybe it was a combination of the temp\wind when they
started to drop? Great topic though
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: Smithhisler, Paul <Paul.Smithhisler@dnr.state.oh.us>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:15 PM
Subject: RE: Ciliberto 983/ flat vines
> Only affecting 'C' strains...watch out Larry :)
>
> I have been having problems with multiple vining myself. I don't want to
> call it flat-vining as only one plant seems to be doing this (Wyckoff
747).
> My other pumpkins...Hester 850.5 & Maston 570...have both had multiple
vines
> this year. My curious question for the list...there are no side vines!
The
> Maston does not have a single decent side vine yet, and the Hester only
has
> one (which I theorize was a split, not a side vine.) The Hester seems to
be
> growing out of this, but the other two are still questionable.
>
> As a side note, not one of my three squash did this. Does this indicate
> pumpkin Genetics? Are squash better able to handle the weather conditions
> that caused this? Hope the info helps. If anyone else has the same lack
of
> side vines, let me know.
>
> -Gus
>
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