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Mill Bay, British Columbia

Somethng I've wondered about in an earier posting regarding main vine burying. It is clear that there are a number of methods used, however I wondered of those of you who do not bury the main vine, do you still incorporate mycorrhizal fungi at the leaf nodes where the tap roots come from?

6/6/2009 9:36:52 PM

Whidbey Island

Absolutely.

6/6/2009 9:40:52 PM

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Yepper...Last year we chose to only inoculate half the secondaries on two plants, 3/4 of our best plant & none on two others.

You guessed it; the more inoculant & the more buried secondaries the bigger the fruit. It was very clear where we got lazy & where we didn't.

We never bury the main. Only secondaries. Squash vine borers are easy to control when you distribute pesticides for a living.

6/6/2009 10:13:02 PM

ordinary,VA

speaking of SVB seen a big sucker in the patch yesterday...
good question Glenn, thought about that myself. bury the main and all secondaries here.mycorrhizal fungi every leaf node..

6/6/2009 10:39:05 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Thanks Guys. Ya Ed, I wondered if the non-main-vine burying group would dig a drench or inoculate the soil in front of the main. I guess that is what is done.

6/6/2009 10:48:47 PM

Iowa

Ok so I have a question,, why not cover the main?

6/7/2009 12:33:07 AM

Belgium Europe

Tremor : 'the more inoculant & the more buried secondaries the bigger the fruit '
What's the biggest factor you think? inoculant or the burying?

6/7/2009 4:01:23 AM

Rhode Island

jos
they go hand in hand. if you use a mico product and dont bury the vine it takes that tap root quite a bit longet to reach the product.
we place some in each new trench every day before burying.
we also add a tad of kelp meal and tad of granular turkey poop in to make a MICO-MIX .

a real treasure bath ---- lol ------ but it works
Pap

6/7/2009 6:50:10 AM

Reed Point Montana

dont some or all plants send nodes out of the top and bottom of the vine so would it make sence to bury the vine a little deeper and use mycor above the vine aswell?

6/8/2009 12:21:11 AM

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Ditto Pap

WHY NOT bury the main? Some growers like to see it. I do.
Others have Fusarium problems where burying is begging for trouble.

6/8/2009 1:21:35 AM