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Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Matt D. Connecticut

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1630 Colbert ’12 (F: 1596 Werner x M: 1303 Sweet)

Seed was placed in the propagation chamber on April 11th and it was planted in the cold frame on April 19th

Overall this plant is a little “thin” in my opinion, but it is still growing and progressing so I am not concerned. The weeds have actually helped cushion the main vine as it was coming down so there is another bonus to keeping some extra vegetation around during the early stages of development.

As you can see the area around the plant has a lot of weeds and this was done on purpose. The weeds were allowed to grow (even though they will be pulled out later) so the roots and exudates they produce can help increase the soil biology around the initial plant site.
 



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