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I have a 1097 Beachy that was no doubt going to double vine on me,when I first seen this starting to happen I cut every vine(besides my main),leaf and flowers that was growing before the plant even hit the ground and started to run. My 1097 is approx 3 1/2 feet out now with no signs of doubling at all. Do you think maybe If we start seeing this early and trim everything that double on the plant while its still small this might just be the answer to maybe correcting this? It worked for me,Just wondering what you guys thought.

6/3/2005 5:24:22 AM

Eugene,OR

Like Ray Charles says in his movie, "She's gonna' do what she's gonna' do." We can trim off the parts we don't like, but we can't (at least not yet) change the DNA that is telling it to grow double/flat/normal vines.

6/3/2005 10:38:52 AM

That worked for you! Sometimes the doubles will correct themselves (start growing single), sometimes they'll split into two normal single vines, sometimes they'll keep going double. I've had secondaries on plants grow double before and then fix themselves into a single vine. If the plant really wants to keep growing a double vine, it will. Ha ha.
Also FYI... I took pics of the growth tip on a double viner that I culled the other day... if any new people are looking for pics of one and can't find one with the search box.

6/3/2005 10:46:14 AM

Trimming HAS HELPED ME A LITTLE.

6/3/2005 12:19:30 PM

Puyallup, WA

Jack LaRue says, "Pour on the water when you see a flat vine. It causes it to double, then you can cut off the unwanted one." It worked for me this year on the Golat 916.

6/3/2005 12:28:56 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

i have in the past manually split a double into 2 singles then terminated one end, peel them apart like opening up a band-aid but only separate them say a quater inch and let them grow into two separate vines.

6/3/2005 1:05:41 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

I guess if pouring down lots of water really helps the problem must be soil born and not genetic, correct?

6/3/2005 4:15:41 PM

Eugene,OR

Come to think of it, my brother (who has been a little bit "wrong" ever since he was a few weeks old) got a some bad soil on his feet the first time he was out of his crib and has been a mutant ever since. We keep trying to trim the mutant parts off him, but all he does is bleed. Now I understand, it is "soil born." Martin, I think you should be nominated for a Nobell Peace Prize. I thank you, my parents thank you, and my brother would thank you if he could.

6/3/2005 5:56:25 PM