Re: Burying vs flowers
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Burying vs flowers
- From: J* H* <j*@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:22:33 -0700
- References: <3584CA81.5953@asd.sccoe.k12.ca.us>
At 05:02 PM 6/15/1998 +0000, you wrote:
In the past I have piled dirt around each leaf. I found that after watering
for several months some of the soil will wash away exposing the roots that
later dried up and died. Recently I have been digging a small trench in
front of the vine ( 2 to 3 inches deep) and back filling vine except for
the last two feet leaving room for the side branches until long enough to
bury. This will also help to stabilize the plant in strong winds.
>
>This is my first SERIOUS year with pumpkins, so I am starting to bury
>vines. (The weather in San Jose finally stopped being like what is going
>on in New England, so there are vines!)
>As I squatted there on my board, trowel in hand, I had this insight. If
>I bury all the vines, then I will have a great root system, but no
>flowers, and if I have no flowers, then why am I doing this at all?
>So what is the procedure for burying vines and yet leaving vines to
>produce flowers? Bury only secondaries, bury after fruit set? Bury x% of
>everything?
>Help please.
>
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> Here is what I am doing. Don't bury the vine at all.
>Just mound dirt up against the bottom half of the vine only at the
>leaf joints. Roots will apear in a day or two. The flowers will
>still grow. If you set a fruit neer a root cluster, just gently
>clear the soil from that root area and clip it from the vine so it
>can be free to move as the pumpkin pushes the vine around.
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