RE: plants not laying down
- Subject: RE: plants not laying down
- From: &* M* <J*@MartinLandCo.Com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:39:34 -0700
Prop up the vine with chopsticks an lower it slowly over several days
JAMES MARTIN
MARTIN LAND CO
HAYWARD CA
-----Original Message-----
From: George & Carolyn Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 11:28 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net <pumpkins@hort.net>
Subject: Re: plants not laying down
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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