Re: pruning

Marco,
Good question.  My biggest is 1355 lbs and it was done in about 150 ft of
secondary vines...other growers I know who have gotten them much bigger...talk
about # of secondaries and how long(so I just do the math)...Ideally if you
can get more "salad"  by early July the better....I like to get them
pollinated early in MN..as we've had a year (2004?) where it froze in my patch
on Aug 21st(patch dropped to ground 28 degrees, and I got caught off
guard)...so to max the avg night temp (key in MN for pumpkin growth)....June
21st - Sept 1st...so want to get them rolling early if possible! Ideally for
me...about 12-16ft pumpkin set and max the length of the secondaries...fill
all open areas. (secondaries before the pumpkin...I'm not concerned much with
them after the pumpkin...but still let them grow a bit.

Not sure if I've helped.  ;-)

Dave Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN






-----Original Message-----
From: mltovar <mltovar@wooden-clockworks.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 6:12 am
Subject: Re: pruning


Dave, 150 feet of vine got my interest. How did you arrive at that figure? How
big a pumpkin is it expected to produce?
cheers
Marco
Layton, UT



dbhaskaran@aol.com wrote:

>Hi Steve!
>Glad things are going well for you this year and that you have 4 of mine
>going...my 859 Bhaskaran is my worst plant this year...but it seems to have
>the bad luck streak on it. Got dug up to start the year, MV snapped off,
>etc.
>Anyways, glad to hear my plants genetics are doing well for you...hopefully
>pays off in Oct!
>Dave.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Sent: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 9:26 am
>Subject: RE: pruning
>
>
>Thanks Dave! I have four vines from your stock in my patch this year. We are
>aving a great spring this year and hope to get some decent fruit. I was in
>innesota fishing in early June. I will be back in the early fall. I have
>elatives in Rochester and St. Charles. I'll keep you posted on your vines
>ere in Indiana.
>Steve Haberman
>-----Original Message-----
>rom: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
>bhaskaran@aol.com
>ent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:49 AM
>o: pumpkins@hort.net
>ubject: Re: pruning
>Debbie,
> only terminate the secondaries when I run our of room...so I'll have them
>ig-zag to file open areas (maybe I lost a secondary to wind, etc)...the
>oal
>s to have a lot of "Salad" between the stump and the pumpkin using
>econdaries....I think 150 ft of secondary is a number our group has been
>sing...so if you have 10 secondaries of 15 ft...you can probably pollinate
>loser to the stump...if they ar 8 feet long probably need to pollinate out
>bout 20-25 ft....assuming around 18 secondaires.
> also use the X-tree method and will pull off a lot of secondaries around
>he pumpkin as I don't like to stress the stem on the pumpkin and when the
>umpkin's stem gets up about 2-3 ft in the air...you don't want the
>econdaries pulling it back down...so 0 stress...means 3-4 ft on each of
>he
>umpkin. I like the stem to be parallel to the ground and not kinked due to
>tress. That is a goal...doesn't always happen.
>ood luck
>avid Bhaskaran
>ochester, MN.
>
>
>
>----Original Message-----
>rom: Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
>o: pumpkins@hort.net
>ent: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 6:44 am
>ubject: Re: pruning
>
>o you terminate the secondaries at some point?
>ebbie
>
>_______________________________
>om: George & Carolyn Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
>: pumpkins@hort.net
>nt: Fri, June 25, 2010 12:03:14 AM
>bject: Re: pruning
>ebbie,
> keep most of my secondaries. As the pumpkin grows, I usually have to
>emove
>me secondaries on both sides of the vine to remove some of the stress on
>he
>in vine and the stem of the pumpkin. Some growers do remove a few
>econdaries,
>t I do not unless there are problems.
>our vine definitions are correct.
>eorge Heyne
>chester, MN
>---- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Runkle" <yorunk13@att.net>
>: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>nt: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:26 PM
>bject: Re: pruning
> George, do you keep all of your secondaries? To make sure I understand,
>he
>condaries come directly off the main? And the tertiary comes off the
>condary?
> Debbie
>
>
> ________________________________
>From: George & Carolyn Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 11:12:19 PM
>Subject: Re: pruning
> Debbie,
> I use the Christmas tree method and it works well for me. I would NOT use a
>verse Christmas tree. You want your secondaries to be behind the pumpkin
>nd
>ose to the stump. I use small scissors to cut the tertiary vines. If I bury
>e vines at the same time, the area where the tertiary was cut is usually
>vered with soil. The pruning starts as soon as the tertiaries start growing
>ich is now. The cut is fairly close to the vine.
> George Heyne
>Rochester, MN
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Runkle" <yorunk13@att.net>
>To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@hort.net>
>Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:59 PM
>Subject: pruning
>
> What type of pruning methods does the gang use? I was reading DL's World
>ass Pumpkins III and it discussed the christmas tree and flag pole. Does
>ny
>e use these? Can I do a reverse Christmas tree, or are the secondaries
>ear
>e stump too important?
>
> Also, do you use garden shears to prune? Do you cover the cut with soil?
>en do you start pruning? How close to the main (or secondary) do you cut?
>
> Debbie
>
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