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Re: Vine Size

At 13:30 22/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Stewart,
>     Although Bernard is well versed in the arts of giant vegetable growing,
>and I for one follow a lot of his theories about other vegetables, he is not
>an authority on growing giant pumpkins.  16 X 8 feet may produce a nice sized
>pumpkin, but unless I saw it with my own eyes I could not see a plant any
>smaller than 25 X 25, maybe 22 X 22, growing anything that would challenge
>the big guns of the 900+ pound club.  Personally I let mine fill out their
>whole 40 X 30 feet sites.
>             Take care,  Brett  The Pumpkinguru
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Brett--I tend to agree with you on plant size and I don't believe the number
of leaves should be used as an indicator.Some good plants produce small
leaves and some produce large leaves.I believe it is the total area
available for photosynthesis that counts.

It is very easy to use a tape to get the area of a circular or rectangular
plant.

                                                      My 2 cents worth--Al Eaton
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