Re: terminate secondary vines?
I only terminate a secondary vine when it reaches the boundries of my patch, or
runs into the other plants territory. I have limited space, so I make sure I
share the prepared soil evenly. As for the tertiary vines(these are the ones
coming from the secondaries), I sucker them like a tomato plant as soon as I see
them.
The Pumpkin Master wrote:
> 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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