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Grittyville, WA

I've noticed this growing in the glass tubes (pre-season madness) that each extra leaf adds about a foot to the length of the roots... I wonder if this would hold true as a good & useful approximation for larger plants as well. A plant with 10 full leaves can be assumed to have 10 ft roots? Etc...?

I have found roots 20+ feet out from the stump/ crown. It seems like this approximation would hold true until the pumpkin was pollinated and growing.

2/19/2025 2:05:41 AM

Bethlehem CT

Makes sense, There is an old saying in horticulture "The bigger the roots, the bigger the shoots"

4/13/2025 8:35:28 AM