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Caceres, mid west of Spain

I carefully planted my seedlings on the patch with the second true leaf pointing where I desire the main vine to go, as the theory says.
Now most of them, actually all but the 790 Daletas (is small yet) and the 582 Hester (the only faithful one), turn around over their stumps, 90º more or less.
I guess they will have their reasons, but I would know why some ones are turning to the left and others to the right. I imagine I would have to redirect them to take the desired direction later.

Other think I realized is that the third true leaf appears in some plants at the right of the first-second true leaves line and some others to the left. It seems that pumpkins, like men, can be right or left handed.

Don

5/23/2003 11:42:15 AM

Puyallup, WA

I agree, Carlos! The dirty little buggers turn at least 45°!

5/23/2003 3:16:18 PM

syracuse, ny

i have an idea. boing, on goes the light.....
do little pumpkin plants follow the light if the light is on long enough and from the same direction or source?
i think so! so, if some brave and daring person were to construct a box out of plywood, a 3-sided box with an opening at one end only, i wonder if , no matter what the orientation of the plant to begin with, the plant would almost HAVE TO grow toward the light, which is conveniently
coming from the direction we want the plant to grow in anyway.....waddaya think, worth a shot? sort of like the carrot in front of the donkey technique of getting the plowing done.....or similar....lol.....'pal

5/23/2003 6:06:20 PM

phototropism at its finest.

5/23/2003 8:35:02 PM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

You are right Pal, but... my young plants are turning with no agree among them. No pattern, at least no from the environment. I think its concerned with inner cellular growth...

Don

5/24/2003 1:10:23 AM