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NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

Several days ago, I trimmed the one secondary at about 10 to 12 ft and tossed the cut off vine into the pumpkin patch. The leaves are all dead. This morning when I went into the garden I noticed that a male flower had bloomed on the vine that I had trimmed a few days ago. How is this possible? Has anyone else seen this before?

7/7/2005 8:39:42 AM

Montoursville, PA

Ya can't kill 'em. Stick a cut of end in a bucket of pure sand. It will root, grow and make new flowers, to your observing pleasure.

7/7/2005 10:14:35 AM

Follansbee, Wv

These things are much like tomatoes in that they will root if given the slightest chance. Many times I have found suckers that were cut from a tomato plant growing happily along in the compost pile.

7/7/2005 11:37:02 AM

There is so much moisture in the vine after you chop it, it could stay alive without roots for a number of days. I cut a piece of vine off and kept growing another couple inches until the sun vinaly dried it out.

7/7/2005 8:44:23 PM

Central Oklahoma ( [email protected])

I had one do that also, It had a female and a male open this morning and I cut it off on sat.

7/7/2005 11:25:23 PM