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Friday, June 12, 2015
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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811 Gerhardt ’11 (F: 923 Gerhardt x M: 1332 Wolf)
First off, I know this plant needs water;-) It seems the leaf structure of this plant is a little different than the others I have in the patch. I noticed this last year also the leaves have more of a flat appearance to them with a more rounded shape. I do not think there is anything wrong with this phenotype, just something I noticed. When the plant fills in it has a “Lillypad” look to it almost like you could walk across it or like it would hold a nice bass below it;-)
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= 116.5 square feet
Main Vine Length= 15.5 feet
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