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Friday, June 12, 2015
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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1676.5 Daletas ’12 (F: 1381 Checkon x M: 1495 Stelts)
Each year I grow this plant (this is my third year) it is just a steady producer and this year is no exception. It may not be the biggest plant in the patch, but it is not very far behind the current leaders. The genetics have proved their potential to me in the past and so far I see no reason to be concerned. Once I get the weeds removed it will look even better.
While it seems the standard for comparison this time of year is main vine length, I have had plants in the past that grow a great main vine but do not ‘fill-in’, so I developed the idea of Leaf Area Estimation which is basically the area of a triangle. (This works best for the standard Christmas Tree style of pruning.) All you have to do is measure the width of the plant and the length of the main vine. Then it is simply (1/2)*(width of the plant)*(main vine length) = Leaf Area Estimation.
Leaf Area Estimation=122.5 square feet
Main Vine Length= 17.5 feet
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