Re: Need advice A.S.A.P please

on 7/30/03 4:47 PM, Dennis Houser at dennis.houser@comcast.net wrote:

> Hello All
> 
> I have a pumpkin on my Houser 369.5 and it was 71 inches circumference
> at 21 days. It is not round but kind of oblong so it's long and short
> and the 71 inches probably doesn't mean much. Where my problem lays is
> at the stem or just past the pumpkin is going to grow over the new
> growth part of the main vine and I have already moved it as far as I can
> with out the stem braking and I am afraid the vine will damage the
> pumpkin. Can I cut the main vine off past the stem on the new growth
> side with out hurting the plant? Thanks for any help. Oh one more thing
> this is my only pumpkin on this plant.
> 
> Dennis
>mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


To me the AG plant seems to adapt and compensate pretty well.  I think you
know what you want to do and have a better idea of the situation trust your
intuition.  I think that the plant before the pumpkin plays the most role in
growth.  Great luck MB

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