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Broken Ends -Reply

Hi Joe,
I too am having the ends of some vines snap. 
At first I blamed the dog (poor Scooter got
spanked for nothing - oh well that'spayback for
tearing out my impatiens).  Now I'm convinced
that the darn vines are growing too fast and the
stress is breaking them.  They get a wicked curl
on the end and then .....snap!   I think the
answer to the question is to back off the
nitrogen.

Mike in Missouri

>>> Carolyn's <carolyng@hockinghills.net>
07/01/97 05:14pm >>>
Hello,
         Tragedy has hit my patch. Came home
from work today and found the end of the main
vine and oldest side vine had been broken off
and was hanging. I buried the main vine at the
break hoping it will survive.
Can't believe that the rain was so heavy last
night that it could snap the end like nothing. I still
have 2 unpollinated pumpkins at about 12 and
13 ft., but that doesn't leave much vine growth
past the pumpkin.
Has anyone ever had the ends snap off like that
. If the main vine doesn't continue to grow will
this still be a good place to grow a pumpkin. Any
thoughts on this.

    Thanks,   Joe,   Logan, Ohio
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