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Saturday, June 25, 2005
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crammed
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Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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I've got at least four female flowers that I have noticed. Two of them are about 8 inches apart from each other near the tip of the main vine (middle detail photo) and the other two are on secondaries. It's possible that there are others that I have missed. But, everything seems to be going according to schedule.
Today I did a foliar spray with some Neptune's Harvest fish/kelp. I mixed in the appropriate amount in my 1 gallon pressurized sprayer with about a gallon of water. I hope this is enough. It certainly won't be as the plant gets larger. So, next time I may need to do two applications, or get a 2 gallon sprayer.
I still need to bury my vines so that they can suck up more water. But, I'll need to lay down some more soaker hoses first. I expect this to be a tricky job since I'll have to sneak them back and forth under the vines. Obviously, I'll have to be very careful and do this in the late afternoon when the plant is more pliable.
I have some doubts about weather or not the plant is getting enough water. It certainly isn't getting enough out past six or seven feet on the main because the soaker hoses don't reach there yet. So, I'll either have to raise the watering time through the soakers or do a bit of hand watering. And, now that I'll have 200' of soaker hose to deal with (and I'll probably need more) I'm starting to consider breaking the watering into zones so that no soaker hose run is longer than 100'.
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