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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Dustin
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Morgantown, WV
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Now that the shim is "gripped" she's been slid to the right side of the cone. If you can get it to drop perfectly, you've done an amazing job, I have yet to do this. The shape is pretty much set now, and again I think the heavy side will keep winning until opposite forces change that. The focus now that it is getting heavier and larger overall is to make contact with the board with the swollen side while still maintaining the level top. I believe the round shape will hold well, and once the large side hits, it will be heavy enough to hold itself and let gravity fill the void on the opposite side.This is the main reason I made a shorter cone this year, as the longer it sits in the air, the more chance there is of becoming mis -shapen. Again, all speculation based on what I have observed in my own garden, and an experimental idea at best. Why not just grow on a board with a hole in it you ask? The cone will allow enough of a depression that it will hold the blossom up once the walls start their flat spots, allowing me an easier time of moving and displaying without further worry it will break. Conversely, the taller cone last year kept the rounded side walls going without the top sagging, so the shorter cone may induce a blocker shape after hitting the board rather than floating... time will tell. Another reason for shifting back to the right was to allow a little more room on that bent blossom.
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