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Thursday, June 22, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Pollinated 2 more females this morning (6 lober and a 4 lober). This time I pinched the flowers and tied them shut with some twist ties after pollinating. I was covering them with plastic bags, but I think the heat and the condensation generated may have been interfering with fruit set. That makes 7 pollinated within the last week--however, still no noticeable growth on the first three that were pollinated 5 and 6 days ago. Also, many set fruit are on split vines. At this point I am just burying the split vines (I don't want to look at them). Part of me thinks that burying them might actually help them root better, and i am almost certain that many of the vines that are buried are already split anyway--and they seem to be fine--or as good as a split vine can be. I wonder if I will have trouble setting fruit on this plant? Still tons of females popping up all over the place in various stages of development--some have to take. I'll keep setting them all and then when/if I spot a fast grower I'll start favoring it and slowly cull from there. Some burnt edges on a couple of leaves, and I lost another couple of leaves to the wind. This weekend should be hot.
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