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Wed, Oct 17, 12 at 18:31
| Given: Squash vine with multiple "legs", some legs with fruit and some without.
Question: Do the legs without fruit contribute to the health and welfare of the legs with fruit? Question: Are the legs without fruit superfluous? Question: Will the fruit be better off without the legs with no fruit? OR am I overthinging my gardening?? Dennis |
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| The fruitless vine segments don't rob energy from the plant. Just the opposite. Leaves are essential to convert sunlight useable plant energy. JMHO. Jim |
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| I'm guessing you found out just how much space those vines can take up. You can redirect them or prune them to fit in a given space if you have to, but in general you should just let them sprawl. The plant is not wasting energy it takes a lot of leaves to make a single fruit. |
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