Re: plants not laying down

A trick I use to keep the vines down and not to get them to high...is to
insure the MV stays under the leaves and doesn't get on top of them...then it
seems to stay much lower as the growing leaf pushes it down...this requires
daily updates of the main vine and leaves...however, with this process...I
rarely have initial problems with the vines.
Hope that helps...bottom line get them early and they will stay down.
Dave Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN.






-----Original Message-----
From: George & Carolyn Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 10:22 am
Subject: Re: plants not laying down


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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