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Joliet, IL

we had 3 days of cooler temps and clouds, then bam a nice
sunny 80 degree day. the main on one of my plants in my
secondary patch reached straight for the sky and the sun it
had been missing. then a storm rolled in fast in the late
afternoon with heavy rain. the main vine split half way
through from the weight of the heavy rain after it reached
straight up.

i have been burying vines and using bamboo stakes, but
because of the quick growth and curved reaching vine,
i lost my main and will now train the first secondary
to be my new main vine.

so now i have been keeping a lot closer eye and i have
been checking and moving bamboo stakes once in a.m.
and once in p.m. also i place 4 stakes out ahead of vine
sticking into the ground on almost a horizontal position
just above where the vine will grow that day, which forces
the vine to grow straight instead of up when it reaches
each stake. i put the stakes about 2" apart so the vine
can't slide between and then be forced to grow upwards.

i am glad this happened on a 3' vine instead of at about
8'. i still have plenty of time to train a new main and
luckily it happened to a secondary patch plant.

it also happened 2 days after a feeding of
fert/seaweed/fish so watch out for quick growth bursts
after feeding days.

just a thought cuz it isn't a good feeling seeing your
vine snapped in half.

6/10/2003 4:55:54 PM

syracuse, ny

yeah, that sounds like it would hurt!
hey, thanks for the layout of the circumstances that can lead up to this condition---this i have not had the pleasure of experiencing just yet! 'pal

6/10/2003 5:38:03 PM

No Place Special

The main on my 840 Desrosiers was doing the same....straight up and along came the wind.
Needless to say I am also training a new main on this plant....OUCH!!!!

6/10/2003 7:00:13 PM

Joliet, IL

i took a picture of my bamboo stakes set up at the
end of main vine and out in front of the vine. it will be posted im my diary as soon as the pics get reviewed in
case anyone wants to see what i was talking about.

6/10/2003 7:28:47 PM