Can someone tell me why my pumpkin vines insist upon growing along my fence. It's not an aesthetic issue but I am concerned that as the fruits get heavier, my fence will groan under the weight. Next year I need to come up with a trellising concept for the pumpkins.Any thoughts?
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Pumpkins put out vines up to thirty feet and being vines, they do like to climb.
The neat thing is as long as the fence is sturdy enough, the stems of the pumpkins are usually strong enough to bear considerable weight.
I planted my pumpkins in a space that gave them room to spread out and didn't plant anything too close to them so the pumpkins wouldn't overwhelm them.
Next year I'm thinking of setting up the pumpkins outside of the garden but I'm afraid of rabbits and deer making snacks out of them.
Just be careful THIS doesn't happen!
http://jephers.blogspot.com/2006/07/tight-fit.html
That's actually a very real possibility. I'm not there to keep the young'uns out of trouble constantly. We'll consider it a form of natual selection.
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