Re: Vine redirection
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Vine redirection
- From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 17:52:38 -0700
>I have a plant that does not seem to want to fall down and vine
>properly. It's going upward. Has anyone ever had this problem? The
>logical thing to do seems to be digging up one side of the plant (
>opposite of the desired vine direction ) and 'tipping' the plant. Has
>anyone ever done this successfully?
>
>Mike
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>
>>Vine positioning
>
>If your plants are at the tipping stage, that point at which they are
>beggining to lean over to vine out, it is critical that they be supported.
>If the plant and vine are allowed to just flop over you can subject the
main
>vine at the stump to cracking or splitting. Mound a little dirt under it
and
>let it come down gently. If you have a main vine that is insisting on
>sticking straight up or at a 45 degree angle and does not want to come down
>you can take a couple of pieces of bamboo or 3/4" stakes and make a pair of
>scissors over the vine. Tie a piece of string or wire at the point the
>scissors cross over the vine. String a pair of panty hose between the
>scissors under the vine. As the vine grows out the weight will bring it
down. You may have to slightly adjust or lower the panty hose!
>The panty hose will give it support and you can gently lower it to the
>ground over a few days. I prefer Legg's! When you go to set fruit make sure
>it is set on the outside curve of a vine. You can position the vine over a
>few days during the heat of the day so that the fruit is on the outside of
a
>curve. I use small stakes in the ground and slowly bend the vine so when
the
>first female shows in this area of the vine she is on the outside curve.
>PumpkinGuy has a good brochure with illustrations of how this should look!
>
Chris-PS. Be sure you shove the base of the stakes well into the soil so
they don't fall over!
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