Re: Pruning
Is a tertiary vine one that grows off a secondary
vine?
--- LIpumpkin@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/30/2001 6:56:28 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> fishrap@netdex.com writes:
>
>
> > List, Raybie seriously needs pruning, but this IS
> my first year. I HAVE
> > Langevin's books and Rado's guide, and I am still
> troubled. Last I saw
> > him, he was headed mostly northeast, but he's
> diversifying, branching
> > out in all directions. I'm scared. What do I do
> now?
> > Kathie
> >
> >
> >
>
> This is normal Kathie.Raybie is growing up and
> exploring new areas...the
> growth now is rapid and its goal is to take over the
> world. It needs to do
> this but it needs guidance too....let it explore,
> but don't let it get out of
> hand. There are some places it shouldn't be allowed
> to go so we usually cut
> off the tertiaries..its tough love now, but in the
> end it will be appreciated
> by all. Allow the secondaries to reach out and
> explore in an orderly fashion
> so you can always go back and take care of problems
> as they arise. There's
> nothing worse than wading through a maze of
> twisted,injured, or diseased
> vines to treat these areas.(this will happen now and
> again but just remember
> not to say"I told you so") Raybie can be allowed to
> growth full speed ahead
> with proper guidance. Some actually remove every
> other secondary for more
> order. As for the direction....well, it will decide
> where its going mostly,
> but a good bamboo stick helps keep them in line. In
> the end ,Raybie is bound
> by the boundaries you give it. There have been great
> successes with both
> methods...sever and orderly pruning, and letting
> them get huge.(I know of no
> successes with allowing tertiaries) Most settle for
> something in the middle.
> Each plant is different and some seem to need more
> space than others....I
> have a small patch so I look for plants with a
> history of success in small
> patches (940Mombert,642snow,etc) . I don't feel I
> can do some seeds justice
> in my patch here (815Checkon,935LLoyd, etc) as these
> seem to do well with big
> plants. They're all different, but your goal is to
> get Raybie to develope the
> biggest fruit while staying healthy all year.A huge
> plant with all sorts of
> problems is not the best case
> scenario..............G
>
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