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Buffalo, New York

I am growing 2 plants back to back in my patch...one thing i have noticed this year is that the secondary vines on the east side of the main vine are growing very much faster then the secondary vines on the west side.
The plants run north and south.....

Why is this?

The east side starts getting sun about 9am and the patch gets much sun til maybe 8 at night....

6/19/2009 12:55:06 AM

Long Island,New York

The plant is left-handed silly !

6/19/2009 5:46:03 AM

Rhode Island

a lot of times our plants will have faster growth on one side vs the other. not so on every plant. when it does happen its usually on the side that sees earliest sun. this could be a reason

6/19/2009 6:17:16 AM

SE Minnesota

how about prevailing winds??

6/19/2009 9:29:36 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

ALso depends on if you plant E to W, W - E, N - S, S- N...Too....

6/19/2009 12:08:36 PM

ordinary,VA

planting S-N .the right side of the plant is little ahead of the left side. sun no doubt

6/19/2009 5:08:10 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Hmmm. . . half of mine are planted N-S and the other half are S-N. All of the vines on the West side are longer. Oh, and the wind comes almost always from the West.

6/20/2009 2:16:59 PM

Whidbey Island

Erin, how are you doing with the wind this last week or so? It's been nasty over here.

6/20/2009 3:33:48 PM

bliss,n.y.- heart of Wyoming County

Jeremy-Your plants look great in your diary!
Good growing!
Bill P

6/22/2009 7:52:44 AM