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Friday, July 12, 2019
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Pumpking
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Germany
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Entry 25 of 29 |
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Basically every year some growers are wondering why they should do an S-curve into their AG main vine. Here (to visualize some effects) I have created a litle model, which shows the nice work an S-curve can do for you. For comparison, the three strings are "main vines", "A" is a straight vine, "B" is a smiley mouth bend, and "C" is the sharp bend of an S-curve. The sections marked in black are of the same length and, for an S-curve, correspond to the total length of maybe 7 nodes (6 vine sections). For "C" I have also added the baby pumpkin, which will grow in all directions (and therefore I have also indicated the final position of the pumpkin).
The strings are attached to a piece of cardboard with some rather weak glue (so I can carefully lift the strings and see how much of the vine I, or the pumpkin, will have to lift as the fruit grows).
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