From: "countd@v"@lentines.day   
      
   On 3/3/2019 8:46 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 6:18:51 PM UTC-5, Muggles wrote:   
   >> On 3/3/2019 2:38 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   >>> On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 12:27:26 PM UTC-5, Muggles wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/3/2019 5:22 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>>>> Pavel314 wrote:   
   >>>>> ...   
   >>>>>> My wife uses the black plastic garden cloth method on some of her rows,   
   cutting holes every so often to put the plants and leaving the plastic intact   
   elsewhere to prevent weeds. One year, I decided to try that in the pumpkin   
   patch and they all    
   died early! I realized later that pumpkin vines put down roots every so often   
   to get water for the far ends of the spread-out plants; when the roots on the   
   extremities tried to get into the soil, they were stopped by the plastic.   
   >>>>>   yeah, that would be an issue for some varieties of   
   >>>>> squash/pumpkins.  some are more bush type and don't   
   >>>>> do that (we've not grown any of those here yet).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   songbird   
   >>>> I don't have enough space in my garden to plant pumpkin vines.  I can   
   >>>> only go so far UP with vine crops, and sometimes that still isn't enough   
   >>>> space.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> Maggie   
   >>> A couple of years ago, one of the pumpkin plants ventured out of the patch   
   and sent a vine up a small tree nearby. I was very surprised to see a pumpkin   
   hanging off a tree about five feet above the ground.   
   >>>   
   >>> Paul   
   >>   
   >> I've never had much luck growing any type of melons.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Maggie   
   > My wife could never grow Blue Hubbards, but I produce a lot of big ones. On   
   the other hand, I lost the ability to grow cabbage and potatoes several years   
   ago then she took over with great success.   
   >   
   > Paul   
      
      
   We might try cabbage and broccoli again this spring.  Kind of gotta see   
   what the weather is going to end up doing, first.   
      
   --   
   Maggie   
      
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