Re: Crack in Main Vine
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Crack in Main Vine
- From: J* <s*@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:58:38 +0000
- Comments: Authenticated sender is <sln8m@cc.usu.edu>
> My vine started off in the wrong direction so I have been gently guiding
> it to grow in the right direction. Yesterday I pushed it a bit too much
> and it cracked about 1/2 way through about 6 inches from the tip. The
> whole vine is only about 2 feet long. What would be the best thing to
> try at this point:
>
> 1) leave it alone; or
> 2) cut it off at the crack and let a secondary vine take over?
>
> Should I do anything to treat the crack or the cut if I end up cutting
> it? Its clean and clear of the soil. Otherwise the plant seems fine at
> this point. It was getting a bit crowded in my 4x4 cold frame (together
> with the electric heater) so I set up a larger 8 x 6 cold frame for it
> and put in the soaker hoses in the soil for watering.
>
> Bill Kournikakis
> Medicine Hat
>
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you need to treat that crack with fungucide right now or you will
loose the plant. I would leave it alone after that.
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