Question about damaged Winter Squash Vine

14 years ago

I have a Winter Squash(could be pumpkin...or not) volunteer growing in my garden right along the gate. Yesterday we found that the squash has been wrapping it's tendrils thru the gate, and we needed to move them. So my son unwrapped the tendrils gently, and as we were opening the gate to give the vine some type of alternate support to cling to, the vine bent over and a small slit formed in it. My son and I staked it up immediately, but now I am wondering if this is an automatic death sentence to the vine and the baby squash that was just forming on the end of it.

Donna :)

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iam3killerbs
14 years ago
A slit parallel to the length of the vine is minor -- those of us afflicted with Squash Vine Borers make such slits all the time.

A slit crosswise to the vine is more serious, but not automatically deadly.

Squash are pretty tough and if you lose the end of that vine the side branches will probably take over.
sunnyk
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks , it is a parallel slit, so now I may breath just a tad bit easier LOL.
I am attached to this particular plant. The weather has been so crummy here that the plants that I actually sowed for are about a quarter the size of this one volunteer. It is trying so hard to grow I would hate to be the one to kill it!!

Thanks Again
Donna :)
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