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Cranbrook bc

Hi in all of the diaries that I see a lot of the growers I see terminate fruit close to the stem and grow them when they're out at 12 feet instead why do they do this? BTW I'm sorry about taking up a lot of forum posts

7/21/2015 6:11:58 PM

Central NY

Answer in post before yours...

7/21/2015 8:03:39 PM

Central NY

My bad... Answer here
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=544581

7/21/2015 8:05:34 PM

Cranbrook bc

Didn't catch it can you explain it in easier terms lol

7/21/2015 9:47:55 PM

Easthampton, MA

I think your asking a different question Zach. You mean 'why do growers choose to grow the pumpkin farther down the main -- 12'+ seems the norm -- rather than say 8' from the stump.

I believe it is to insure you have more vine to work with as the pumpkin grows. It will be lifting up the vine and you need a bit of space on either side of the kin to be free from the ground. Too close to the stump and you will be dealing with a very thick vine (it gets crazy big near the stump) and will likely cause stress on stem of the pumpkin as it grows.

7/22/2015 12:13:53 AM

Easthampton, MA

Not to hijack the thread, but I was looking at your diary and I saw you had a pumpkin growing along the vine. My only one growing right now was growing straight up and then started to fall over across and along the vine. After shrieking in alarm, I started to slowly rotate the vine and move the pumpkin.

I'm at DAP 7? and I have it almost aligned correctly now -- moving it a little each day during the afternoon. Take it slow and you can do a lot. My vine has a bit of a twist in it now however, so I don't know if that will slow growth later on, but I'm not in for a competitor either. Just working on the mechanics this year. I did make sure I had 2.5' or so of the vine free on either side to allow for movement.

7/22/2015 12:33:07 AM

Germany

positioning of the vine according to the spatial requirements of the (hopefully extremely) growing fruit is, in many cases, done with an S-curve in the vine, you can find alot of info on the S-curve here on BP.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=222751

7/22/2015 5:41:21 AM