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Lodi, California

I've been reading the books on growing giant kins and gave noticed that more than one main vine on a plant has been mentioned. Of course these books are a bit outdated and Pap has said to me that "there is only one main to clone when cloning a kin" so I'm thinking the pruning strategys have changed. So to the "main" question. What are the up to date pruning strategys you guys are using? Thanks guys for all the help, I really am trying to limit my questions and I think this is my last one for a while. Again, thanks!

2/4/2013 11:53:37 PM

Rhode Island

ashton

initally there are two main vines that form on your plant. a main vine and shortly after the plant starts to grow a back main will also form.

back in the day we used to grow both main and back main and pollinate a pumpkin on each main.

these two mains grow in opposite directions as well.
some grower just terminate this back main because they grow the xmas tree method and some also train this back main as a first side vine.

its just a matter of space allowed and location of plant,etc.

capt spaulding

2/5/2013 6:24:50 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

Yeah, we have called it a "back main". Technically, it's a secondary vine. That is, only one vine originates from the ground. That is the main. All vines that start on the main are secondaries, and all that start on secondaries are tertiaries, and so forth.

So if you have a vine that goes about 180 opposite the main, its really a secondary, and whether or not you chose to keep it is just a factor of your overall pruning strategy. For example, if you kept it, and grew it out as if it were the main, you could have two Xmas tree patterns going, although one would be the main and secondaries, and the other would still be a secondary with tertiaries.

2/5/2013 5:01:51 PM