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British Columbia, Canada

It's another test I did on the 2 Big Max plants, and it worked great.

Roots, it's something ALL plants need, though how about creating extra roots...It is a very simple thing to do on Pumpkin plants.

Step 1: Buy roots helpers, a watery product you can buy at any garden store.

Step 2: Slice off a very very thin layer of the vines skin.

Step 3: Add the root helper to the vines, then cover them in dirt.

Step 4: If you dig up the vines the next day, you'll notice alot of new roots starting on the vines. Within 2 weeks these roots will be just as big as the ones by the stump.

Not only will this keep the plants more attached to the ground, it may help the plant if you loss the stump or maybe even increase the plants growth. Am I on to something?

-Jordan.

10/20/2009 1:08:34 AM

Minnesota([email protected])

Jordan,
I have been thinking along the same lines as what you just posted....I just didn't know what product would work to encourage rooting along the vine. Do you have any pictures of the newly formed roots? Who knows, this could bring A.G growing to another level. Thanks for sharing.

10/20/2009 3:09:14 AM

Minnesota

I was thinking that very same thing, could'nt you just scrap some of the vine off, spray some of kln on it and bury, would roots grow? its alot like a fresh cut for cloning. I was thinking of depriving my rootling of sun, letting it grow tall, scrape thru areas of the skin/layer, spray with kln (one that works, have never used the stuff)and burry it deep, would I get more roots? and could I do that along the main vine?

10/20/2009 6:36:10 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

If you are interrested in creating a huge colony of roots....research Mycorrhiza, these colonies can spread over acres.
Why not achieve your desired goal of creating "more" roots in an efficient way?

10/20/2009 7:04:45 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Myco and an Azo kicker makes roots... I will keep the note though in case I have to do something in case of a stump loss or plant break/cloning.

10/20/2009 10:40:01 AM

Sequim, WA

Myco and plant roots are not the same thing. They work well together though and if you have maximized your myco potential in the patch, then why not have more roots for them to colonize? I think the kid here may be on to something. I like the way he thinks and look for him to continue to improve on his results as long as he keeps at this and doesn't have to keep contending with forest fires and other natural disasters.

10/20/2009 2:15:56 PM

Mn

Would this affect the transmission of nutrients and water? Seems to me that it would not affect water and nutrient uptake. I just don't know if adding roots where they don't tippically grow would help or hurt.

10/20/2009 4:51:56 PM

Sequim, WA

You bury vines don't you alex? We don't do it just to keep them from rolling in the wind. This would directly effect water and nutrient uptake.

10/20/2009 6:19:57 PM

Bulgaria

Congrats for the discovery. Never thought about that, but now it make sense. This is just like air layering of a woody plants.

10/24/2009 6:04:35 PM