RE: Man Vines

Thanks for sending the reminder.  I am so happy with our club and the
progress we've made during the last year.  I'm so glad you came on board and
we became co-leaders!   

Cindy Hall
Agriculture in the Classroom Program Director
Polk and Dallas County Farm Bureau
515-402-5250 (office & cell)
chall@ifbf.org
 
Polk County Farm Bureau Office: 
300 S.E. Delaware
Ankeny, IA 50021
515-965-4211 (fax)
 
Agriculture.  We eat it, wear it, use it, and drive it.  Let's learn about
it!
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Kathie Morgan
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:07 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Man Vines

This year we planted six excellent seeds (OK, 5 excellent seeds plus  
my Morgan).

One of the seedlings (not the Morgan, btw) flatvined right from the  
stump. I call her Octo-Mom. Where other girls have nodes with one each  
of everything, OM has at least four of everything.

Because David grew his prize-winning 649 Morgan 03 on a similar vine,  
I set a pumpkin on her main. Her pumpkin stems are relatively long  
(even on the normal side vines), giving me optimism that I can coddle  
her into a fruit worth showing somewhere. At least she is an experiment.

Because she is otherwise healthy and because the other five plants are  
healthy and normal, in this case it almost has to be genetic. Her  
mother weighed over 1300 pounds, so the stock is apparently healthy.

Pruning her takes most of my day, so if you'll excuse me ...


Kathie



On Jul 27, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Russ Stokes wrote:

> Their is a scientific term for this condition other than what some  
> people refer to as ribboning but I have forgotten what it is  
> called.  It generally is a genetic condition.  But don't discount  
> pest or possible injury from spray.  You say you have strong vines  
> otherwise, in that case I would pinch out the main vines as close to  
> the end as possible and this will put energy into your laterals.   
> Generally, the first two laterals at the base of the plant are  
> strong and vigorous and this is where you should try to get fruit to  
> set and treat these laterals as a main.  I hope this helps.
>
> Russ Stokes
>
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