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Nova Scotia

my 1037 bobier just planted 15 day's ago is throwing 2 leaves at a time and the vine is doubling up, but still fairly round. has anyone ever grown a large successful pumpkin on such a plant and was it on the double main vine?

9/15/2003 11:19:18 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

if it's a double-vine just terminate one of the ends, if it's a flat-vine then train a secondary into a main and terminate the flat one.

9/15/2003 11:58:28 AM

Nova Scotia

there are no signs of any secondaries as of yet

9/15/2003 12:15:49 PM

Western NY

let it go for a little while, many double vines go back to normal without any help. if it's still double when the vine is 5 or 6 feet long, then you want to consider surgery. no need to panic yet.

Andy

9/15/2003 2:17:22 PM

Oz

is there a way to get them to join back together?
twisting,rootone dusting,and covering it with sterile soil?

9/15/2003 3:32:31 PM

Utah

sounds like a flat vine in the making ... but andy's advise is right on.

note: I had a flat vine this year - I tried experimental surgery on the tip of the vine. cut a little more than half of it off. it grew out as a single vine for a couple of feet then went flat again.

as far as I know there have been no really big pumpkins grown flat vines.

McP-
"get them to join back together" ??????

9/15/2003 4:30:18 PM

Deer Park WA

I have a pumpkin from the 1262 Emmons that is on a VERY flat vine it taped out yesterday @ 163.5 circumference.

9/15/2003 4:33:06 PM

wilmington,ma.

My plant went double at 10 ft .I cut one of the two close,
and set a pumpkin 3 ft later .
I now have one over 500lbs.I picked the larger of the two.
Good Luck with yoyr's

9/15/2003 6:49:16 PM

New Hampshire

My 582 Hester doubled early and I choose to make the first side vine into a main. The pumpkin rotted on the bottom after it taped out at 723.

9/15/2003 7:53:13 PM

Rhode Island

mine was similar to ahabs although i let the "ribbon" grow out to 15 feet the ribbon then grew apart and i trained these tow in differnet directions i fortunately was able to set a pumpkin 2-3 feet out the plant was a davies 803.5 it is currently a 582 lb birdbath shaped and still adding a little weight each day

9/16/2003 5:32:14 PM

Wisconsin

im a first timer and i had 3 plants. one of them ended up being like a double flat vine it grew and grew and threw all kinds of fruit but didnt keep any. it seemed to abort every fruit no matter what size. the other two normal vines i have one fruit on each and they are at about 2oolbs

9/17/2003 5:11:46 PM

Amherst, WI

Two of my plants this year were double or flat vine, The 673 Glisczinski and the 1230 Daletas. I had a very difficult time setting fruit on them both. I finally got some late July sets and now have a 400 lber on each plant. Personally, in the future if I grow a seed that I suspect may flat-vine, I will plant something next to it as a backup. If it goes flat, it gets pulled.

9/17/2003 9:21:55 PM