Re: Beginners Questions
Steve and others on the list,
If you go to the Ottawa St. Lawrence Growers Association home page, select
the link "Why Bury the vines". There is a picture that demonstrates why.
Why bury vines? Because each leave node on the vine will put out roots. The
picture shows a vine that grew into a barrel of water and put out this mass
of roots. Burying the vine promotes the root growth. Hope this clarifies
everything.
http://www.magma.ca/~oslgpmpk/
This picture was taken off the pumpkin video being distributed by Paul
McIntyre.(with his permission) Contact Paul if you want to purchase a copy
of his video. His email address is pumpkin@istar.ca
PS:
For all of those out there who might think it is a good idea to grow a vine
into a barrel of water and then mix fertilizer into the water, it has been
tried and the vine will rot (turn to mush) after a couple of weeks.
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