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Sunday, July 20, 2014
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ApertureScience
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Federal Way, WA
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Alas, I still managed to make multiple, stupid mistakes. The plant laid down incredibly smoothly, but about a month after it'd began growing outside, I accidentally left the drip tape on all night; woke up to several splits in the stump. These seemed superficial and have since healed, but still...quite dumb. One major issue I faced, because again, I was too cheap or not wholly invested enough to have a soil sample tested, was either high nitrogen or a lack of phosphorus/potassium...the first 10+ male flowers shriveled up and died. After foliar feeding Holland's fruit finisher and blossom booster (0-52-34) twice a week for a few weeks, a female finally showed up (at 23ft, heh) and male flowers are doing great. It looks like it'll open in two days, so fingers crossed I have a male open at the same time, since they're still in short supply. I pollinated last years 176lb generic Dill in mid-August, so I'm desperately hoping I can get something set within the next two weeks. Here's the plant looking North...it continues a ways to the right.
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