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Appleton WI

Hey I heard that the pumpkin plant has the unique ability of let me say "Back-drafting" Nutrients back to ailing pumpkins if you will? have you ever heard of that ability RE: The kin plant? John Hoepfner Appleton, WI

8/28/2014 7:34:03 PM

Wixom MI.

Sounds like a lot of fluff to me ! Lol......no never herd that before.

8/29/2014 7:13:09 PM

Rhode Island

john

nothing except bio or chemicl treatment will help an aling(unhealthy) pumpkin however,a healthy pumpkin will be back fed nutrients from everywhere on the plant.

its been proven by growers who continue to get good weekly gains off pumpkins that have had most and sometimes all the plant before the fruit removed.
thatrs why growth off the main past the pumpkin is so important.

pap

8/30/2014 9:43:51 AM

Lodi, California

That isn't what I would call unique, as that is the situation of most any plant that I know of. To relate the ater and raw nutrients flow down the main vine (central highway) and flow out to the secondaries (the back streets) and then to the leaves. The leaves then transport the byproducts of photosynthesis (simple sugars) back down from the leaf through the vine wherever it is needed. These sugars are needed most for the growing pumpkin once the leaves are mature and do not need extra nurturing in order for them to develope. So, the plant after the pumpkin does, as Pap said, "back feed" to the pumpkin.

8/31/2014 8:22:23 PM

Appleton WI

Hey thanks to all who responded I will give great vote to Ashton and Rhode Island John H Nature is something else hope she is good to me in my case Thanks again really appreciated the feed back

9/2/2014 8:14:24 PM