Re: Grass around vines

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• To: hadeam <a*@misonline.com>
• Subject: Re: Grass around vines
• From: n*@ideasign.com (Chris R Wilbers)
• Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:40:42 -0500
• References: <9706298701.AA870192638@mis.misonline.com>

AnnaMarie,

I have buried soaker hoses around the main plants in a 6x16 raised bed. 
When I water, some trickles out from the bed onto the surrounding area. 
Additionally, my automatic lawn sprinkler has helped the vines out on
the lawn except where too close to the sprinkler heads where they cause
leaf damage.  I INTENDED to put soaker hose out along the path of the
main vines and bury them along with the vine, but the vines got away
from me before I realized it.  If the main vines are damaged by borers
then the secondary roots along the vine will be very important later in
the season.

As to feeding, I use liquid fertilizer along the vines as well as at the
main plant.

Good growing,
Chris Wilbers
Sioux Falls, SD
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hadeam wrote:
> 
> On 7/28/97 Chris wrote:  "When your vines trail over the grass do you
> trim the grass around the vines or just let it grow long? For portions
> of vine you bury, do you trim grass around first or just bury it?...."
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> As an urban gardener, I have always grown my plants mostly on the
> lawn.  We mow the lawn as closely as we can, then I usually just trim
> some of the long grass by hand for a while, however, this is really a
> loosing battle as things really start to grow, so I don't worry about
> long grass too much.  When I bury my vines, I just dump a big bucket
> of dirt right over the vine, grass and all, and within a short time, I
> can see that there are new roots in that area, and if need be, I can
> dump more dirt on the vine.
> 
> My plants are 30' long, all on the grass, and have now taken up more
> than 1/3 of our yard.  It is the best I have ever had, due mainly to
> good warm weather, I think.  My question is where is the best place to
> water when growing on the lawn???  Only at the main root when growing
> on the grass??  Would the plant pick up much water at these vines that
> are covered in dirt on the grass??  What about fertilizing?  Does the
> fertilizer get put only at the main root or is it beneficial to put
> it on the covered vines on the grass?  I can't imagine that the roots
> are very deep.  Any ideas?
> 
> AnnaMarie
> Northern Illinois
> 
> ahaden@misonline

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