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I need help. The tip of one of my main vines broke about 8 inches from the tip. I don't know how it happened. It is plenty long, not measured but at least 12 feet in length. It broke between two leaf nodes and the last remaining leaf node has my one and only main vine female bud on it. One, how should I get a new main vine (take a secondary from the stump or train one from the tip of the main). And two, what should I do with the female bud that's at the end of the broken main? Cull it, or try to grow a pumpkin at the end of a vine?

7/5/2003 11:43:13 AM

Brillion Wisconsin

Brigitte, I would still pollinate that female. The vine might continue to grow. Try to get a pumpkin set on a secondary. Good luck Dean o

7/5/2003 12:29:52 PM

van isle b.c. canada

brigette, pollinate the female and let the last sec grow to become the new main in case the one on the broken main doesn,t produce for you. good luck. craig

7/5/2003 2:57:57 PM

Montoursville, PA

I would start turning the last secondary to become the main.
In this case I would not remove vines from that one secondary. Think you will recover nicely. I would treet the broken main with a shot of captan and step back. It may heal for you. Good luck.

7/5/2003 4:05:49 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

Brigette, right now i'm in the same boat as you..im doing the same thing as every one just told you do..i have 1 shot at getting one set on the main..6" back from the break and it's just in the 12ft mark.....good luck

7/5/2003 4:14:40 PM

Joliet, IL

brigette, it happened to me too, once by the plant simply
growing straight up and once by me trying to make an s
curve. i let the secondary right before the snap grow
in one case to be the new main, and in the other i had a
female blossum 4' before the snap. in this case i trained
the 2nd secondary in from the snap on the opposite side of
my pumpkin to curve around and straight out to act like a
main for extra leaf purposes and to fill the remainder of
the patch. i also will pollinate a female on the first
secondary side vine off the stump area. instead of
deadheading this sidevine, i am gonna allow it to slip
behind the plant next to it and let it continue to grow
like another main, but will pinch all secondaries because
there will be no room for them.

7/5/2003 6:15:36 PM

Joliet, IL

i forgot to mention i pollinated the female that was 4"
from the snap. check out my diary today after the pictures
get posted this evening. you will see what i mean on
my brown 1007 plant.

7/5/2003 6:21:06 PM

well, the female is on the last node before the snap, so I'll attempt to train out the closest secondary behind that, I also have a few long secondaries closer to the stump that I might set fruit on. Play it by ear.

7/6/2003 7:20:22 PM