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North Ga

Should I burn all my prunings or can I compost healthy vines?

6/17/2002 6:56:16 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Brian I just compost my healthy vines.

6/17/2002 8:06:11 PM

Puyallup, WA

I throw mine directly onto the compost pile....split pumpkins, too!

6/17/2002 8:47:52 PM

Deer Park WA

I throw everything into the compost pile located between my two plants. Last fall when I harvested I dug into the compost pile and there were pumpkin plant roots throughout the heap! I noted in my video that the plants were tallest/greenest around the compost pile.

6/17/2002 10:20:54 PM

Greencastle, PA

I compost all of my grass clipping, leaves, fallen branches, weeds, pumpkins, and healthy vines. I don't compost diseased vines because that could spread the disease to the next season's pumpkins. I also don't copost any vines that had borers because the could be hiding in the vine if they haven't completed their larvel stage.
Tom

6/18/2002 4:48:22 AM

Connecticut, USA

Be careful that the pile is not too close to your patch. Insects will still live and breed in the prunings! I used to do this and found TONS of squash bugs and their eggs all over the leaves and vines in the prunings pile. Now I discard all vines that I prune off.

6/18/2002 6:37:42 AM

North Ga

Thanks for the input ya'll!

6/20/2002 4:12:18 PM