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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
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MadMike
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Easthampton, MA
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End of the season for me. But even just growing my lowly secondary provided a learning moment.
It had a wound on the (now) main vine and I cleaned it and packed it with sulfur powder. I put my new battery-operated fan on it to dry.
It was going to rain a few days later and I made a lean-to to keep it dry. Checking after the rain (it was a heavy rain), I saw that the vine was soaked. :( (Literally had a puddle in it.) Clearly I need to step up my rain protection for wounds that need to dry out. Another important lesson and glad I learned it this year. :)
So it's wait for fall for me now. Work the patch into the surrounding soil, (maybe add some additional 'poor' soil to dilute the nutrients further) and get another soil test.
Lot's of plans for next year for sure. :)
*** I should mention the fan I bought is not too bad. Fairly strong, even on low, and runs for about 6 hours on a battery. It's small enough to be able to build the rain shelter over it with the vine.
I have a few back up batteries and it's pretty easy to keep it going. Good quality 18650's can be recharged tons of times, but if you plan on swapping batteries and keeping the fan in the patch, you will need an external charger.
This is the model -
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011DO2PPE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
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