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Monday, May 12, 2008
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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Cornerstone Planting Day Update 3 > Brown bottle update, on my second of a few today but the darn thing is frozen as I placed it in the freezer right next to the Urena long gourd seeds the need to begin soaking.
All 5 of the eventual winners at the home of compost heaven are placed in heated hoop houses(a cornerstone first).
All are going to be traditional trees with the exception of the 1446 Werner which be a tree with strong back wings at nearly 75* or more allowing for bigger and more robust leaf development. This is an experiment that I hope will work fine. It really just allows for half again the spacing between each row of leaves. The additional room will provide for better air flow and should allow the leaves to expand well beyond a normal baby elephant size to huge monsterous elephant size. More radiation on the same size plant means increased export from the leaf and therefore hopefully bigger fruit. Each side vine will be curled back in succession and given lots of room to bloom.
One other neat trick that I am trying today is starting each hill with a larger quantity of steaming hot fresh compost...Hmm, why in hec...well the death of all those little soil buggers will certainly begin to accumulate and start a little greenhouse effect inside the hoop house. If I'm right the CO2 ppm could rise well beyond 1000ppm. Quad Mix*R is certainly a good thing.
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