Re: How to bury vines???
hi,
I have just posted a pic of what John is describing. The root node you see
is about 2" long. Had I not buried the vine the root node would have simply
aborted.
You can find the pic here : http://www.egroups.com/community/GiantPumpkins
Look in the files section for the pic.
Hope this helps....
Rock
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Heilmanjon@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: How to bury vines???
> Mark,
> There are two schools of thought on burying vines. But first, the basic
> theory.
> At each point on the vine where a leaf grows up, a side vine will atempt
to
> shoot out sideways and root will attempt to go down. As your vine gets a
> little bigger, you will see this root as a little white "fang" looking
thing.
> So, if the soil is very loose, or if the juction described is covered with
> dirt, the root will grow into a diffuse root system. This of course,
should
> aid in the plants getting nutrition from an are far larger than the place
> where you put the seed in the ground.
> End of theory.
> Method one: Throw a shovelful of dirt on each juction. If you do not have
> raid, and you do not use overhead watering, the dirt should stay on the
> junction. One problem will come up, however. Where am I going to get the
dirt
> to throw on 746 junctions?
> The second method is to dig little trenches 2 to 4 inches deep and lay the
> vine into the trench as it touches down, covering it with the excavated
dirt.
> This is the preferred method since it is more secure, and because it
provides
> more work, and thus time, in the patch, away from other chores which could
> take up a person's valuable time.
> If you are going to try for a sizeable pumpkin, say over 500 pounds, which
is
> entirely doable, then I think you have to use one of these methods.
> A word of warning - unless you are well melinated, wrap a scarf of some
kind
> around your neck if you do some trenching while the sun is up.
>
> Good luck,
> John in San Jose
>
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