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Wednesday, June 01, 2005 crammed Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

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Here's where I'm at so far.

The plant has started to "lay down" and the vine has definitely started to form. It isn't pointing in the exact direction that I had hoped. So, I'm going to try to turn it slightly, only about 15-20 degrees. I put in some bamboo stakes as supports and as trainers. I'll put some more in later today when the plant has had a chance to warm up.

When I saw it starting to lay down, I figured that I should set up the soaker hose that I am going to use around the planting mound. It would have been harder to get it under if the plant was already on the ground. I spiralled it around. I haven't actually tested it yet. It will eventually be hooked up to another couple of 5/8"x50' soakers. And, I'll feed fertilzer through it with one of my hose end injectors.
 



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