Re: Plant Jumps out of the Ground........

I think you were doing everything okay, it does sound like a varmit went
after the plant.  The only thing you can do is put the plant back in and see
if it will recover.  AG's are pretty vigorous and they may rebound.  I would
also sow some seed right away as back up.
Russ - Southeast, WI
Russ
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From: <BMas1001@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:16 PM
Subject: Plant Jumps out of the Ground........


> Hi All;
>         I started my plant (really 8 of them) indoors about three weeks
ago.
> As soon as it popped, I took it outside and let it come out in the
sunlight.
> The first two leaves were really good size....about 3 inches in diameter.
> The first set of true leaves were starting out, so I dug my pit.  once I
had
> that dug, about 3' square, I started to fill it back in.  I layered
Dehydrated
> cow manure 25 LB bags 1-1-1  and a little dirt..tossed it together, and
kept
> this process until the top and made a small mound to put my plant into.
The root
> ball was around 6," and the roots were thick and white.  I covered it
every
> night, and was giving it Miracle Grow and fish fertilizer, diluted in
water.
> Today when I got home from work it looked like the mound had been
disturbed and
> the plant was completely out of the ground...this could easily been done
by a
> varmint. Although the plant itself was not eaten in anyway.  The roots
looked
> like very fine baby roots, about 6 of them around an inch or so long, and
> brown.  It was starting to rain so I could not dig into the mound to see
if the
> rest of the root system was there, and it was just ripped off of it.  When
I
> planted it, it seem to me that growth all but stopped.  It did very good
in the
> pot.  I just passed it off as the shock of going into the ground.  Here is
the
> question.....did I burn the roots right off my little baby ???  And if
so...
> should I rethink my pit ???
>           Thanks for any help...........
>
>
>    Tony C.
>
>              Fairport, NY
>
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