Re: Flat Vines
- To: Pumpkins
- Subject: Re: Flat Vines
- From: G* S*
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:54:49 -0500
Harold & List,
Your recent tome gives credence to a question I've
had nagging in the back of my head since
discovering flat vine on my 1092Burke. These genes
which you mentioned are
present in the seed, which we germinate in
artificial conditions. Could the constant
temperatures above say
85 degrees F cause gene mutation or a higher
instance
of penetrance of flat vine. Questions posed to the
group
for tallying might include:
How many instances of flat vine can we name where
the seed was germinated using the direct start
method. How many instances can we find where
artificial temperatures were used in the
germination process?
Does transplanting play a role? Of all known flat
vines, how many were transplants? Could root
damage cause this condition?
PumpkinGuy, in your fields of produce pumpkins do
you experience flat vineing?
Gary Burke, (thanks for your recent update) could
you check with other grower up in your are that
are experiencing flat vines as to the germination
methods used and if transplanting occurred.
On my 1092 Burke I used slightly higher temps in
my growth chamber during germination trials (87.5
degrees F).
I had two seed, only one germinated. Last year I
used
84.5 degrees and all germinated.
Sorry for all the questions with no answers. Like
Harold said the answer may lie in a collective
pattern which would require all growers to report
on.
--
Greg Schraiber
Machesney Park, IL
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