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cutting vines?
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Posted by fourtoomany (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 14:42
May be a dumb question, but that has never stopped me before. sigh...
I have cantelope and honeydew vines growing everywhere. And I do have some nice sized melons growing. But I am worried they will start crossing into each others boxes. The boxes are rather close together. Can I cut back some extra vines that don't have melons on them? My watermelon that I grew from SEEDS hasn't vined very much, but has some nice watermelons growing.
ps. When do I know when they are ready to be picked?
sure enjoying my garden this year hail or no hail. |
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RE: cutting vines?
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| yes you can cut back the growing ends but it might do to just reroute them back into themselves. I know when to pick by the sound when you thump on them. Start now and when the sound changes it time to pick. Good growing, good eating. |
RE: cutting vines?
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| fourtoomany, I know I'm very late on this, but I wanted to give a bit of caution on cutting back much of your vines, even those not producing fruit but on a plant that is. Vines equal leaves/greenery which equals food for the plant to feed its fruit. If the plants have a lot of fruit to feed, the quality may be less than expected if the food source is reduced. Crystal |
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