RE: Advice and Oregon Update
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Advice and Oregon Update
- From: "* M* R* N* <M*@nwp01.usace.army.mil>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:03:26 -0800
I am a little confused.....do you bury the ENTIRE vine? or just parts of
it? and I am also not sure what parts yopu are talking about cutting
off??
sorry for my ignorance..just want to make sure I do it as "right" as
possible to give me a better shot at a big one..
smitty
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HMBDON [SMTP:HMBDON@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 8:38 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Advice and Oregon Update
>
> As the vines grow they will lye down on the ground. Once you have a 3
> maybe 4
> feet vine on the ground I dig a narrow 2-3" trough below the vine and
> then put
> moist soil over the top of it completely covering the vine. It is
> especially
> important to cover the vines well at each leaf (the leafs are usually
> 12-18"
> apart). The plant will then send out new roots at each leaf. Once
> the vine
> has out grown the space I will cut it off just past a leaf and cover
> it with
> moist soil.
> Good luck!
> Don
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