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Monday, June 02, 2025 Hough Missouri

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These two plants, like several others have posted, are growing the main vine well, but not secondaries. Secondaries are just a small leaf and a clump of flowers but not really growing. I'm going to do an experiment as John suggested and cut the main vine tip on one of the plants to see if this will spark some secondaries to grow, then turn one of these into the new main.
The long story is, these are backups grown too long in 1 gal pots, were about 3 feet long before being planted. They were root bound in the pots, and I had not fertilized them (lesson one take better care of your backups). They are planted in the same place as my 2453 Sherwood which had a mutation and was pulled out, BUT that plant was growing good secondaries in this soil, so the soil nutrients should not be the issue. I believe the 2 plants without secondaries are a result of growing too long in the 1 gal pots before they were planted. This morning I cut the main vine tip off the 2085 Toboyek (on the left). I'll leave the main intact on the 2206 Rodebaugh (on the right) and we will see how the two compare in the coming days. Fortunately, my other plant the 2006 Wolf is doing great and growing exponentially just a few feet away.
 



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