Re: flat vines



LIpumpkin@aol.com wrote:

> Hi all....bad news here,1092 appears to be a flat vine.You tell me:the vine
> itself is rectangular tube shaped......i get two leaves at a time,two side
> vines at a time and now 4 tendrill stalks at a time.I dont understand why
> this is not a good thing ....more leaves= more photosynthesis= more storageof
> photosynthate=larger storage vessel(pumpkin)?No?....The plant is by far my
> most energetic plant and growing faster than all the others...is the
> prognosis really that dreary?.....Please reply! thanks...Glenn
>

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Glenn,

First i really don't know anything for  fact...( now thats stated)..........but
have had a great deal of flat vine.  From my observations it seems
genetic..............Ithink that it happens when the cross is closely related.
That my humble hunch...........................there are other
theories...............but don't agree with them........................I know
exactly what you mean from an  observation point there is more of a mass of a
plant.  which in the early stages seems to benefit from the extra leaves and
grow better.  I tried growing out a flat vine  but lost the specimen to a  wild
fire...........since then have avoided that predicament......................and
pulled the plant after it was very severe.  I don't think enough data is
in.......... to  be known  of the  spectrum of possibilites...........and unless
you have the time and room to test out  for another
example...................its not the perfect example of an AG................MB

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