Re: terminate secondary vines?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: terminate secondary vines?
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:34:59 PDT
Do you terminate all the secondary vines off of your main vine once a
pumpkin is set?
>From: Lyle Rockwell <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Update
>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:21:56 -0400
>
>I am going to do this with my double main vine Mombert 866... The vine that
>I had
>been treating as my main, I am setting secondary vines with and letting
>them run
>the patch... the second main, which I was treating (originally) as a
>secondary
>vine before discovering that it is a second main, is going to be treated as
>a
>secondary vine , but will get full attention as a main when it comes to
>setting
>pumpkins.. This means that I will not be letting side vines grow from it,
>and use
>it as one vnie with no secondaries.. Probably a mistake, but who knows..
>
>Elkskin@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Rocky,
> >
> > What action do you think would be best next, a double main
>vine
> > kind of describes my plants also, do we pick the best vine and terminate
>the
> > other? Or set pumpkins on both vines and pick the best pumpkin and
>terminate
> > the other? since I have 2 of these plants growing I could probably try
>both.
> > By the way your 879 Squash is coming along well, it has about a 6'
>main
> > vine with about 30-40 leaves. (Elkskin)
> >
> > << Reggie,
> > I had the beginnings of a flat vine early on with my Mombert 866
>but it
> > corrected itself after 12 inches, although I did notice one thing about
>a
> > week
> > ago, the first secondary vine actually isnt a secondary at all, it is a
>split
> > main, so I have two mains.... I was looking at it extensively the other
> > night,
> > and I confirmed this..
> >
> > Elkskin@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Greg,
> > >
> > > Did your #937 mombert main vine split into 2 seperate vines?
>I
> > have
> > > 2 growing and they both split after about 12 inches of growth.
>(Elkskin)
> > > >>
> >
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>
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>
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