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NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

I have read that several growers stated that some of their vines are growing straight up. Mine went along the ground for 29 inches then decided to grow straight up. It is at about a 40 degree angle and is about 24 inches long. Is this normal? If not how can I train it to return to the ground?

6/14/2004 10:27:42 PM

Wichita, KS

I think its so happy, its skipping. Can we see a picture?

6/14/2004 11:07:48 PM

Elk Grove,Ca USA

is it trying to go west young man
?

6/15/2004 1:50:58 AM

Kenyon, Mn.

Maybe the scenery is just plain purty in Pa. and it's tryin to get a better look!

6/15/2004 7:06:52 AM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

its because you never would tell us how to make rootbeer...

6/15/2004 8:52:10 AM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

Is that how people explain things? Only if you tell me then I will tell you? If it was just for me I would not do it but because the pumpkin belongs to my son then I will explain. Email is on the way. Happy that you did this to a 13 y.o. boy?

6/15/2004 10:14:26 AM

[email protected]

Better make that 2 emails. My Scouts would enjoy some brewing.

That vine is demonstarting pleasure. Not THAT kind!. It's in a growth mode. It probably has some 723 or 845 in it. They like to stand up. They like to snap too. So let the main down very gently. The heat of midday will help. But don't overdo it. I've seen mains pushed in the heat that turn around & snap when cool night air or an irrigation cycle turned the main stiff again & SNAP! The second worst sound there is.

6/15/2004 11:01:24 AM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

Thanks Stratford for that information. Will do that. And your email is on the way. but since it is the scouts I will also include a recipe for 5 gallons of rootbeer.

6/15/2004 11:05:40 AM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

man i'm totally lost..
"If it was just for me I would not do it"...
not do what??
"Happy that you did this to a 13 y.o. boy?"
what did i do to a 13 y.o. boy?????

6/15/2004 11:41:14 AM

Kenyon, Mn.

what ever happened to HUMOR??

6/15/2004 1:38:51 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

Last year one of the plants that I grew was a "reacher".

the main and all of the secondaries all would grow upwards for 18 to 20 inches - then gradually lay down.
This adds for more maintance - use crossed bamboo stakes for additional support

6/15/2004 1:51:25 PM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

Ceis,I guess this happens frequently. I have read about others using the crossed bamboo stakes. Thanks for the info. I will give it a try.

6/15/2004 1:56:33 PM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

Tremor!!!! I sent the rootbeer email to you but it came back to me via the mailer deamon. Sorry! Now what?

6/15/2004 1:59:05 PM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

do you think he may be on a different sheet of music than we are??

6/15/2004 2:02:26 PM

Ohio

BE CAREFUL of the vine sticking up, rain and wind snapped my off ;-(

6/15/2004 3:05:43 PM

Murphy North Carolina

Yeah,Yeah, Yeah, You guys kept talking about that snap sound...Well I heard it yesterday. Yeah, that is a pretty sick sound, Still trying to get over it. I gave it first aid, but find myself wondering what I could have done to keep my baby from this terrible fate. It makes you feel like a bad parent. I keep looking over my shoulder for social services to roll up the drive to take my plant to a foster home. Oh, the shame of it all.

6/15/2004 3:41:26 PM

Kenyon, Mn.

OwenBruce...Now That's Humor! They may come investigate! Lol
Rootbeermaker, got the recipe you sent, thanks bunches!

6/15/2004 5:58:41 PM

Rhode Island

did any viagra slip out of your pocket when you were working around the plant ?

or had you fertilized a few days prior to this ?

we have found that excess water soluables will give the vines a woody

6/15/2004 9:48:32 PM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

now.. where do you buy rootbeer concentrate???

6/16/2004 10:37:19 AM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

My plant seems to be staying about the same angle and rising about the same heightbut in the past 2 days it has grown 17 inches longer. Is that normal? There is a lot of infohere and thanks a lot guys. LOL pap from RI. Yes I did fertilize a few days prior ro the vine sticking up but I did not use viagra LOL.

6/16/2004 6:57:30 PM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

blkcloud most of the time I purchase the rootbeer concentrate at the same place I purchase my homemade wine supplies. However, this last time we bought it in a local grocery store near the other extracts in the spice section of that store. Other stores may have it in another place. You could always ask if they have it, wherever you do your grocery shopping.

6/16/2004 7:01:40 PM

Murphy North Carolina

There are a number of sources for soda pop concentrates. If they are not available locally, a good source is www.ebrew.com That is where I get most of my beer, wine and soda supplies. The sarsparilla is real good Too. Course I make more beer than soda.

6/17/2004 8:21:25 AM

NEPA [email protected] KB3QKV

I initially wanted to make my own beer but when I was doing research on the internet, my kids were peeking over my shoulder and they saw a site about making rootbeer so the beer idea never went any farther. We do however make our own wine. Most of it pretty good some of it not, but a few were exceptional. Last year we came in second place for our blueberry wine. This year we made an exceptional pear wine. We may enter that and see what happens. We never tried to make sasparilla. Maybe give it a try. If anyone wants a very good site about winemaking go to http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/ We make more wine than soda but both are equally good.

6/17/2004 9:38:08 AM