The stem of one of my cucurbits (I thought it was a watermelon, but
it is probably some other melon) has gotten flattened (the first few
inches out of the ground) and a bit dried looking. Just after this is a
node with many leaves (~8) branching out, they look very healthy.
I'd like to save/fix/help this as I've only got two. What might have
caused that? What to do? I've pushed the node into the soil, should I
cut off a leaf, or do something else.
Jeff
Posted by Billy on May 10, 2010, 1:10 pm
> The stem of one of my cucurbits (I thought it was a watermelon, but > it is probably some other melon) has gotten flattened (the first few > inches out of the ground) and a bit dried looking. Just after this is a > node with many leaves (~8) branching out, they look very healthy. > > I'd like to save/fix/help this as I've only got two. What might have > caused that? What to do? I've pushed the node into the soil, should I > cut off a leaf, or do something else. > > Jeff
<http://www.jstor.org/pss/40022365> is encouraging.
Maybe wrap some sphagnum moss around damaged area and/or drip on some
rooting compound. Very interesting question.
Reminds me of the time I was weeding around my climbing squash, only to
suddenly see one of them looking back at me from a handful of weeds :O(
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> it is probably some other melon) has gotten flattened (the first few
> inches out of the ground) and a bit dried looking. Just after this is a
> node with many leaves (~8) branching out, they look very healthy.
>
> I'd like to save/fix/help this as I've only got two. What might have
> caused that? What to do? I've pushed the node into the soil, should I
> cut off a leaf, or do something else.
>
> Jeff