Re: terminating main vines
- Subject: Re: terminating main vines
- From: L* R*
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:49:44 -0400
The Mombert 866 pumpkin I just talked about withthe SVB only has 4 ft of vine,
none of whichis buried, or tapped past the pumpkin.. It measures out right now
at 72/49/48=169 and is averaging 6 inches OTT a day...
Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES5.bankofny.com wrote:
> Randy,
> The cut and bury method is used by majority of growers, deadheading.
> As far as vine lenght past the pumpkin, maybe someone more experienced can
> give you hard facts, but i think 15-20 should be more than substantial.
> I'm probably going to open up a can of worms by saying this, but i think
> that most of the energy comes from behind the fruit, so probably vine
> lenght after isn't as important. My total main is about 45-50 ft, i have a
> pumpkin set at about 15'.
>
> scott
>
> I'm at the point now when I am about to cease pollinating flowers. My
> main vines are spilling WAY out of the garden. Everyday I pick one vine
> and dig a trench for it (between 5 and 10 feet long) -- I'm getting
> tired of this and would like to terminate the vines soon.
>
> My question is, how do I terminate them (I heard the cut and bury method
> is effective)?
>
> How far past the last pumpkin do I terminate?
>
> Does anyone just let the main vine keep going?
>
> Randy Banderob
> Millbrook, Ontario
>
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