How do I get pumpkin vine to stop spreading?

[JessicaS]

Can I just cut it and it will stop?

It is running amok a bit.

[SuburbanHippie]

I read on here if you cut the vine you open up the chance for the plant to get diseased. That being said, we just cut a bunch of ours back. They've completely covered my tomato plants and I just can't be having that.

[cschick]

Can you double it back so it starts running back on itself? I now keep turning mine to redirect into the garden area I want them in. They're growing all over each other, but the pumpkin vines all seem happy with the situation.

[kathymuggle]

you could put a cage (chicken wire) over plants the vines are infiltrating and let the vines run over the cage. I have seen it done - it is too much work for me though!

Next year I am giving my squash their own garden!

[Hopesmommy]

I have no idea, but what I did was plant the vines on the outer rows and let them grow out away from the garden. Same with out cantaloupes.

[Erinz]

You could have my boys come over to step all over them, that seems to do the trick