Re: Crack in Main Vine
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Crack in Main Vine
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 19:15:46 -0300
>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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Bill your predicament made me wonder if anyone has tried putting the two
ends back together and taping them to see if the will heal back
together???...I would imagine Immediately after the crack would be best...I
have grown some 500s on split vines.....the problem is its not a perfect
situation.........you might cut like you said and create two secondary
mains and have a pumpkin on each......who knows what this radical prunning
could discover!!!....brock
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