RE: plants not laying down
- Subject: RE: plants not laying down
- From: J* C* <j*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:25:47 -0600
I read that when you plant, you should plant them at a 45 degree angle
up to the cots in the direction they will vine and that is really
helpful. Of course if you already planted them then you must do
something else to help them down.
Jannine
http://www.giantveggiegardener.com
Jannine
http://www.giantveggiegardener.com
> From: gheyne@millcomm.com
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: plants not laying down
> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:16:45 -0500
>
> Jason,
>
> Yes, I do. When the plants are planted, I place wire hoops over the plants
> and cover the hoops with a 7'x9' row cover (remay). The keeps the wind,
> bugs, cold, and small hail off the plants through the first week of June
> when I remove the row cover. Keeping the wind off the plant really helps. If
> the vine is still up, I place a little soil under the area where the vine is
> moving down. This helps keep the vine from making a sudden movement down;
> thus, snapping the vine. To keep the vine from blowing around, you might
> want to place a small stake on either side of the vine to keep it from
> blowing side-to-side. Usually, when I remove the row cover, the vine is
> already down.
>
> I have had the wind snap a vine when I uncovered the plant before the vine
> was down. It is not a nice sight to see.
>
> George Heyne
> Rochester, MN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Thomas" <j.endlesstrail@gmail.com>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: plants not laying down
>
>
> > 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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