Re: Cloning Technique
The problem with this method is that you you have to count on the anchor
roots for support of the vine and fruit. Without the base root or stumb I
don't think you could succeed. Now if you could find a way of grafting
these vines onto a good vigorous root stook, then you would have something
good going.
Russ
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From: <Lubadub@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:33 AM
Subject: Cloning Technique
> In a message dated 10/16/2005 4:02:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pumpkins-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:03:11 EDT
> From: WSMPEACE@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Vine sprouting
>
> Nothing new, been being done for years, they call it cloning, although I
> dont think it really is a clone. If I remember correctly, there have been
> some
> monsters grown from them. Peace Wayne
>
>
>
> Several years ago I was interested in "cloning." It turns out that
"cloning"
> is not really cloning, it is just keeping a plant alive all winter long
by
> growing it indoors. As the vine grows, it is forced to develop roots
along the
> growing portion of the vine. The new portion with its roots is then cut
off
> the original portion and replanted as a new plant and so on until Spring.
The
> final "piece" is then planted outside in the garden as though it were a
new
> plant. Plants grown this way have produced nice pumpkins but none huge.
This
> may relate more to the plant chosen than the technique. Using this
technique,
> a good grower could, as an example, keep a 723 Bobier going for years.
But,
> it is a lot of work. I never did it because, like I said, I didn't have
> either a 723 Bobier or the drive to do so.
> Marv Meisner in PA
>
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