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Friday, June 12, 2015 Matt D. Connecticut

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179.4 DeBacco ’14 “Marshmallow” (F: 335 Scherber x M: 1734.5 Steil)

This plant was slow to get going and had some issues as it was trying to vine, but I am getting it back on the ground and under control. It may be the smallest in the patch at the moment but it is starting to take-off. I think the initial delay with this seed is that it is an aggressive root producer and this is what causes the early delay in top growth. Once the roots establish themselves the vine growth seems to be above average.

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= 33.5 square feet

Main Vine Length= 13.5 feet
 



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