Re: bad start to the year
- Subject: Re: bad start to the year
- From: B* G* <w*@aol.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:14:05 -0400
Hi Debbie,
Please enlighten me. I am not sure what the right direction is. I have most of my plants growing from the North to the South.
Bill
On Jun 19, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Debbie Runkle wrote:
> Sounds like there may be hope for the snapped vine. How about the one I planted
> 90 degrees in the wrong direction.
>
> Word to the wise: Use caution when transplanting and working in the patch while
> using pain killers and alcohol. LOL
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 8:24:11 AM
> Subject: RE: bad start to the year
>
> Right there with you Russ,
> We are going to start construction on an ark this weekend. Anyone out there
> have any ship building skills?
>
> Steve Haberman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
> Russ Stokes
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 11:05 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: bad start to the year
>
> Debbie,
>
> Have you thought about just abandoning the main vine that got snapped and
> wait for a secondary to form and train it as you main. I've done this in
> the past and it works.
>
> Sorry to hear about your medical issues.
>
> The weather here has really sucked, I planted out five plants, the wind took
>
> out two, one week after setting out. With three left, one is doing the
> ribbon thing, the other has a split in the main vine near the base, that
> leaves me with one good plant. The plants are about half the size they
> should be for this time of year. A lot of challenges this year.
>
> Russ
> Burlington, WI
>
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