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Subject:  Direction of first main?

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stewee

Wood River, Nebraska

Would someone please repeat how to tell what direction the first main will grow from a seedling?
dave=stewee

4/17/2002 11:11:37 AM

Alexsdad

Garden State Pumpkins

from what everyone has said it will be away from the first true leaf...chuck

4/17/2002 12:03:12 PM

Justin Peek

western Kentucky

dave, it usually falls like that... but last year my main vine feel directly over the first true leaf... but after it falls u can always train it in the direction that u want.

justin

4/17/2002 9:06:15 PM

pumpkinpal

syracuse, ny

hey, perhaps someone could try this--i've a week to go before starting my own--the joel holland video states the main vine generally will be going the same direction as the first true leaf---perhaps try planting at a 45-degree angle,
tilted in the soil....then all the vines will go the same way to a degree; as long as the main goes the way you want it to, then later you can adjust/train the others---i'll try it on one of mine, but you guys are a week or two ahead.....hope it works if you try it---pumpkinpal....

4/18/2002 7:56:55 PM

Gads

Deer Park WA

Mine useually go close to the same direction as the first true leaf... I then "Gradually encourage" it to go where I want...

4/18/2002 11:57:31 PM

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