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Buffalo, New York

If the main needs to be cut off for whatever reason and a secondary vine is to be trained as the new main and a female is pollinated on this "New Main" I will call it, is it still considered a main vine pollination or a side vine pollination since that is what the vine was in the first place?

Thank you

7/2/2011 6:24:57 PM

Niagara Falls,NY

You've been smokin' and staring into your patch haven't you Jeremy?!

7/2/2011 8:37:24 PM

Muddy Waters

secondary

7/3/2011 6:52:19 AM

Bloomington, IN

I think 'secondary main' is the correct term. The larger % of the plant you allow to be grown on a given secondary, the larger that vine will get. So after a while that secondary vine you train as a new main could get as thick as the original main itself if you let it grow enough plant.

7/3/2011 3:43:16 PM

Buffalo, New York

I am calling it secondary main also....thanks

hey Don, come smoke with me......getting ready for next season?

7/3/2011 11:34:54 PM

Nottingham, UK

If for instance you had to grow your pumpkin on a secondary would you need to make that vine the main to get a good sized pumpkin? Could I terminate a foot or so after the pumpkin or would I need to grow that vine as the main so that all nutrients and water flow down well?

7/4/2011 6:41:25 AM

Rapid City, SD

if is a duck, it is a duck.......so.........if it ain't on the main............then it on the seconardy

7/4/2011 3:29:51 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Have heard several times about somethin called a secondary main, that grow's off the back of the main "stump". If grown on that vine I would call it "grown on 2ndary main". If true main vine was terminated, and a 2ndary vine was trained as new main, I would call it "grown on (3rd, 4th, 5th...whatever) 2ndary as new main". Bottom line...if it's HUGE it doesn't matter!!! Grow em Big!!! Peace, Wayne
PS...If it quacks like a Duck, and weighs 1811#'s...it's a new world record!!!

7/5/2011 2:17:44 AM

Tinykinville

yeah call it what you want real thing is result,if you redirect flow of plant to secondary name means nothing result does and been plenty of instances where new main or secondary or what ever you choose to call it have done well.

7/5/2011 4:44:30 AM

Niagara Falls,NY

Hey Jeremy,haven't rolled one in a while,but I guess it's just like riding a bike! I am getting ready for next year.I just tilled my patch to loosen the soil and I'm going to start getting the soil into condition.Gotta go over and check out your patch.

7/7/2011 11:13:40 AM