"jammer" j@mmer wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:30:36 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
wrote:

When you want plants to grow vertically you stake them, right? So
what
do you do with a trailing plant that keeps curving upwards? I have a
trailing Million Bells, but all of the branches curve upwards towards the
sun. I don't want to cut them all off or I'll have a stump for the first
half of the summer. Is there something else I can do to train them
downwards?

Thanks,
Adam

I have some cantalope vines trying to have a close relationship with
my tomatoes. With hangers, pliers, and wire cutters, i cut off pieces
of the wire, bent it, and staked the vines to the ground where i
wanted them.

I think I may go out and buy some low guage green bonsai wire and shape the
plants downward. If I take the wire off eventually, will the plant retain
it's shape or return to it's old habit?