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Saturday, June 24, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Oops! yesterday should have been marked as the 22nd. not 23rd. I hope my double posts are not getting annoying--this is the only diary I am keeping, so I wanted to make sure it is thorough with details for myself next year.
After pollinating 2 females today it looks like the first pollinated female from 7 days ago may have taken. It is small--10 inch circumference, so three days for it to reach the magic 23—I doubt it but we’ll see.
Still tons of females left to mature and pollinate—good thing I have been having at least 2 males open up every day—things are really clicking with pollination (having males and females at the same time). Good thing the weather is getting hot this weekend! The timing on the weather could not be better to help these babies start growing. There seems to be at least 2-3 females on every vine in various stages of development. I’d say every secondary has one at 6-8 feet and then another one further out—some have 3 even 4! A third female on the main at 27 feet might hit the first week of July perfectly for pollination, but that seems a little far out as the main seems to be slowing down considerably after 17 feet—and the hill is so steep I’d have to build another retaining wall—no way that’s gonna happen—but I’ve said that before and then spent a whole day sweating over plastic or dirt etc..
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