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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a picture of my 1446 at 23 days old. I have drawn in a white circle on the photo to indicate where the main vine is (right under that part of the leaf). I have inserted a stick in the soil to try to direct the large leaf at the right of the photo to the right so that the main can extend out underneath it with ease. Right now the main vine seems to be going almost straight up, but I think the gravity of the hill, and the size of the vine as it grows should pull it down soon--if not I will start to train it down in a few days. There are couple of tendrils out that are not grabbing onto anything yet.
The leaves are a little less droopy than they were a couple of days ago, I have started watering more (1 hour per day with the soaker hose) to see if this was the problem. We have been having a lot of heat--so maybe it needs wetter soil. I also have a fan in the greenhouse in the day to circulate the air--it was getting really hot in there. I will see if the watering and the fan makes a difference--seems I get way better growth after a good soak.
So far so good, but still a long way to go.
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