Re: plants not laying down
- Subject: Re: plants not laying down
- From: J* T* <j*@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:56:12 -0700
George, do you use anything to keep them from snapping on their own?
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:22 AM, George & Carolyn Heyne
<gheyne@millcomm.com>wrote:
> Debbie,
>
> The plants grow straight up for several weeks before they start to lay
> down. Mine are in that process right now. They are starting to bend over and
> vine. Your plants are going through the normal growth pattern. Give them
> another week and I bet the main vines start to lay down. Do not try and
> force the vines down as the vines could easily snap.
>
> George Heyne
> Rochester, MN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Runkle" <yorunk13@att.net>
> To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 7:13 AM
> Subject: plants not laying down
>
>
>
> I transplanted my plants about 1.5 weeks ago and they are not laying down.
>> I have been using bamboo sticks but it is not working. They continue to
>> stand at attention. Yesterday I added a second set of bamboo sticks closer
>> to the leaves, along with some more soil under the leaves and stem. My hope
>> is that the leaf nodes will start to root.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Debbie
>>
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