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Re: Broken Ends -Reply 2

In a message dated 97-07-03 04:43:42 EDT, mvangel@mdc.com (Mike Vangel)
writes:

<< Subj:	Broken Ends -Reply
 Date:	97-07-03 04:43:42 EDT
 From:	mvangel@mdc.com (Mike Vangel)
 To:	pumpkins@athenet.net, carolyng@hockinghills.net
 
 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
 
 
  >>
Mike, Joe, I have seen rapid growth break vine ends several years ago and it
almost happened to me on the Zehr plant this year.  What seems to happen is
the rapid growth twists the leaf stems up in the vine end and the stems exert
pressure on the vine snapping it during the fast growth at night when the
vines are brittle.  What I did to prevent this is untangle the stems from
under the vines in the late afternoon when they are a little limp.  This
seems to prevent the problem.


George
N. Tewsbury, MA  USA
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