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I've seen this term describing a vine training technique used to position a fruit - can anybody provide a description of how this is done and the benefit?
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Jim

4/4/2008 6:27:54 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

When you set a fruit, begin to curve the vine away from the fruit (close to 90 deg. as possible) and after it grows a bit more, curve back to the original direction.

This is used to provide slack for the vine when the pumpkin grows, so the vine doesn't experience too much tension.

4/4/2008 7:14:53 PM

Berlin,mi.(zuhlke2@hotmail.com)

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=60
LOOK HERE

4/7/2008 7:13:28 AM

Nice, thanks.
Dan Bowles also covered this briefly Saturday at the CWPG spring meeting.

4/7/2008 6:54:38 PM