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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a picture of the alien space craft that has landed in my back yard. Laugh if you want to--I did. I bet Vancouver city types don’t see this kind of creativity in the city patches : ) Surprising what folks from the valley can do with $40 of plastic, a few 2x3’s, and a stapler eh? I sure wish I would have taken the time to buy pvc pipe and build a real hoophouse. One a positive note, if I uncover the back during hot days I should get plenty of air inside to cool things down. Also, when it gets really hot the south-west facing side will deflect the wind up and over the plant, so I can uncover the opposing side and deflect intense heat nicely. In this way I can probably use it for a windbreak for some time. I think growth will start to slow down now that I have a larger greenhouse and more cool air circulating through all the joints at night, I may have to crank heating slightly. Should be good for 1 week or more.
Some other interesting developments. I came home to find a second main off the stump pressed against the plastic (hence the urgency to expand). Three tendrils and two leaves at the end! I could have sworn it was normal the day before--pretty sure the barrier of the plastic caused it to mutate as it was growing. At any rate I trimmed two tendrils and a leaf off the end and as I was contemplating whether or not it was a flat vine a small gust of wind comes up under the plastic and I hear a snap--that was the end of it. So I lost it at 3 feet--pretty sure it was going flat. Too bad I trimmed the other remaining 2 secondary shoots on that side off the stump a long time ago--got hasty. Now I only have one more vine shooting from the other end of the stump along with the main. To make matters worse, as I was watering with a gallon I dropped a bunch of water on a leaf and broke it--same side and same spot I had just busted the vine on. Setbacks are all part of the game I guess.
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