Re: Another observation, no epiphany.
Beth,
I have often wondered that myself, as it was Kirk Mombert in the IPGA
chat a few months back that stated he thinks if you are going with 2
pumpkins on one plant, go opposite sides, and keep them as far apart as
possible.. Here is why I chipped in..My 815 this year has 2 pumpkins, 5
ft apart, and on the same side of the main vine... ONe is 9 ft out, the
next is 2 sets away (middle one was culled), at 14 ft out.. Both were
very aggressive in thier younger days.... And I have cut many leaves
back to increase flow to my stem splits on both pumpkins, and leaves
from both sides of the main vine, and I havent noticed a tremendous
difference in the water content or crispness of the stems..
Here is the pic of the two side by side..
http://www.pgpga.com/815covers.jpg and
http://www.pgpga.com/815double.jpg
Both of these shots you can see my leaf clearance, and the main vine ,
that is the size of my wrist... and both on the same side of the main
vine.. I did set alot of fruit on my plants, but the 815 only threw 6
females for me to set, so I let them all go to about 75 - 100 pounds,
and then culled them.. You are correct when you say the vines were
bigger on the pumpkin laced vines..
Beth Rado wrote:
>
> This evening I also was hacking off leaves first and on some vines the sap
> was rising in all the leaves coming off one side of the vine, but not in the
> ones coming off the other side. Brock, you had some observations a while
> back about how nutrients might move along one side of the vine only? Or
> that the two sides might function differently. Do you have any further
> ideas about that?
>
> Beth
>
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