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Thursday, June 18, 2020
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Outdoor 1989.5 Daletas ’17 dmg
Three days after pollination this shows the set-up used to protect the flower and also how the entire plant looks. This may be a little earlier in both calandar date and distance on the vine than is typical, but the broken main vine has caused a change in the original plans. The goal as growers to is be able to react to what you are given.
Also, if the leaves down the center (main vine) of the plant are closely inspected yellowing can be seen. This is the result of the ‘B’ gene also called “precocious yellow”. This not a negative sign just something that seems to be encouraged by colder weather as the indoor plant (of the same genetics) has not shown this at all over the two seasons of indoor growing with supplemental heat.
University of New Hampshire has some information on the ‘B’gene on their blog entitled “What's making my squash (or pumpkin) leaves bright yellow??? and can be found at…
https://extension.unh.edu/blog/whats-making-my-squash-or-pumpkin-leaves-bright-yellow
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