Re: pumkins
> I was wondering if you could help me with a problem.......I have about 300
> pumpkin plants(different varieties) and most of their stems are splitting
> soon after they are put in the ground.....Can you tell me whats
happening.....
> thanks
jason
Short of some type of contamination in the soil I would Guess that it is the
wind twisting the plants.
Try mounding soil around each plant's stem until it almost touches the
bottoms of the lowest leaves.
Pumpkins do not mind being planted deep.
Mike
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