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churchville, ny

In the xmas style many growers have plants 6 feet apart back to back-do the main vines grow north to south (1 north and the other south) OR are the plants placed 6 feet north and south of each other and then the wind (prevailing westerlies here in NY) makes most most vines travel west?

5/4/2003 9:42:33 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Wind protection and vine training early on will let you grow it anyway you like. Early wind protection for a young vine is a must. without an established root system along the vine snapping a young one in a breeze is possible...tacking the vine down with bamboo sticks and urgeing it along the route you want helps both hold the plant down and direct it. wind shield around the area is a must ...grow em big! Chuck

5/4/2003 10:07:05 AM

churchville, ny

Thanks for the info Chuck-I know that you can train the vine direction but should I put the plants in directly north south of each other or east west of each other and then train the vines to run north south? What is the advantage of a north south direction if the plot is in full sunshine? Thanks again Tom

5/4/2003 11:48:57 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Which is the optimum distance to have the stumps apart in the x-mas tree back to back style?

Don

5/4/2003 11:51:22 AM

Leicester, NY

Tom,
If your patch has fun sunlight, I don't believe there's a advantage of running the mains north and south or any other particular direction. The direction of my mains is dictated by the layout and size of my patch. In my small patch last year, my 2 stumps were 4 feet apart back to back with the mains heading North and South respectively. Like Chuck mentioned, wind protection is perhaps more important than direction of mains...Joe P.

5/4/2003 12:25:43 PM

churchville, ny

Thanks Joe-that helps answer my question

5/4/2003 1:20:43 PM

Walton N.y.

i get pretty strong winds across my patch and try to grow my plants so that the wind blows over them from stump to main vine tip and have had very little damage to my plants i also use wind breaks to help slow up the wind before it hits my plants

5/4/2003 4:36:45 PM