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Oliphant Fce. PA.

This is the first time i set a fruit with the vine covered in dirt and rooting. the pumpkin is growing fast, does anyone have any advice for me positioning and im worried about stem an vine stress.

7/14/2006 9:38:09 PM

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If you go to my diary you will find both of my fruits buried at the vine section. Let the fruit get as big as you can without creating vine stress, then reach under the vine and pull the tap root out. Your fruit will be fine, and will start to rise upward for you, along with your vine. The most important part of all of this is to have plenty of preset turns in the vine to give you alot of play as the fruit grows.

7/14/2006 9:56:49 PM

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You'll need to undercut the vine to get it loose to permit pumpkin growth. The small loss of roots is a small price considering the potential implications of NOT permitting lift.

7/14/2006 9:58:10 PM

Oliphant Fce. PA.

Thanks for the advice I was starting to get worried I looked at your diary rock and now I see Im just worried I never set one like this and the pumpkin is starting to grow quick.

7/14/2006 10:05:07 PM

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I am putting more pics in my diary now of tonites shots of a pumpkin set with a buried vine. I usually do this for a few weeks to get as much as I can from this tap root.

7/14/2006 11:09:56 PM