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Fremont Ohio

the vine leading to the pumpkin is fine but right on the other side of the stem is cracking any suggesting on what to do?

7/30/2014 12:18:27 PM

Colorado

Your pumpkin is growing on top of the downstream vine. You need to cut the vine about 1 inch below the crack or the fruit will rip the vine in half or worse.

7/30/2014 2:40:34 PM

Fremont Ohio

i should cut the back vine off?

7/30/2014 2:48:11 PM

Germany

Hi Jared, Joe is right, you need to terminate the vine right after the fruit (but you retain the vine from the stump of the plant to the stem of the pumpkin). Finding a cure to this problem is a good thing, but learning out of a rookie mistake probably is the much more important thing. If I haven´t mentioned the importance of an S-curve to you last year, then I apologize for leaving this out of my emails. But at least now seems to be just about the right time to read and learn about S-curves and what they are good for (you will never be as susceptible for this topic than just right now, for the reason you had posted in your diary). Have a look into this thread and check out both the messages and the links posted there.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=511882

Cheers,
Jörg

7/30/2014 2:55:54 PM

Fremont Ohio

thank you guys

7/30/2014 3:04:31 PM

Bottom of ohio

Jared clean the crack real good, and dust with sulfur powder

7/30/2014 3:29:51 PM

Bottom of ohio

After you have cut the vine

7/30/2014 3:30:35 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

*Wishes mightily for emoticons*

7/30/2014 4:12:55 PM