[nilsatis1964]

I have 2 plants growing very well sending out runners how do I direct them to grow where I want them to grow?

[Babstreefern]

You don't

[DD.]

Move them to where you want them & peg them with a hoop of wire.

Then:

Move them again to where you want them & peg them with a hoop of wire.

Next:

Move them again to where you want them & peg them with a hoop of wire.

Repeat until one of you gives up.

My money's on the pumpkin.

[JayG]

Some folk shout at them, point and wave a big stick, but a better way is to put small sticks into the ground to guide them in the right direction. 

[mumofstig]

Thats where the sweetcorn stems come in handy 
I plant mine at the edge of the sweetcorn block and point the pumpkins up and down the rows

[radiohead]

Mine are heading into the sweetcorn and will then will be in striking distance of my wifes broccolli, outflanking the courgettes on the way....it's like blitzcrieg all over again.

[Zippy]

It depends on what you want to train your pumpkins to do. You can get them to do all kinds of tricks with a few treats and a clicker and a little patience.

I am working with a particularly stubborn but beautifully formed Butternut Squash to get up and water itself in dry weather but the going is a slow process.

[PennyS]

I have to smile.  I've been trying to pursuade my squashes and pumpkins to behave and they were winning.  Glad it's not just me.  I've now started pinching them out but I'm having awful problems trying to work out which fruits belong to which plants as they've intermingled somehwat.  I hope I've counted right!
Mine are even growing through the rabbiit proof fence - I keep having to hoik them o ut of the chicken wire... and they're growing up it too. If they keep doing that I'll have to put in more uprights or they'll pull it all down.

I'm sure fighting triffids would be easier.  :blink:

[themoog]

I've tried asking nicely, positive discipline  , shouting and this morning will be snipping.

I did warn them... (eye nerve twitching furiously)