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Hobbiton New Zealand

some wind got in under the leaves of one plant (my favourite one)and has bent the main vine back on its self sort of crushing it the leaves past the damage are still green and growing was going to put a good dose of captan on the wound and put the vine on a piece of foam to help it stay dry any other suggestions to help it.

1/6/2003 2:47:22 AM

Cairo, Georgia

cut some clothes hangers and bend them so you can use them as stakes to hold plant down...Maybe it will keep ya from having it happen again..

1/6/2003 6:30:39 AM

Sequim, WA

Bury those vines to keep the wind from rolling them. You'll also get the additional roots to help anchor them down and bigger pumpkins as a result. If the growing end looks good you should be OK and you've learned another lesson in the pumpkin patch.

1/6/2003 11:27:03 AM

Hobbiton New Zealand

I have been buring the vine I cut a small trench in the ground let the plant sit into it and when leaves are big enough out of the way cover the trench back in the damage is at the point where the soil from the last time I coveered it is.

1/6/2003 3:13:57 PM

Long Island,New York

If you havent set a fruit on the main yet and the fruit you do try to set is after the crushed spot I would seriously reconsider and perhaps use a side vine instead. Personally, I doubt the flow through the crush is better than a secondary turned main vine......Id take the secondary off the main just before the crush and reposition it to be the main, letting tertiaries become secondaries etc....my 2 cents.....G

1/6/2003 3:45:25 PM

Caceres, Spain

That Glenn's is a smart constructive idea. I take notice for myself in case I had any similar problem in a future, hope not.-:)

1/7/2003 1:59:13 AM