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Nashville, TN

Lookeds at them VERY closely today... The 225 Glover and 374 Bosworth appear to be growing normal - just VERY, VERY slow...

The 212 Moore is VERY bushy - about 18" tall, LOTS of smaller leaves, even has double tendrils shooting out from the first two nodules, I'm even seeing tiny flower buds, Stalk looks good and round though....

The 507 Wolfly - is also Bushy, about 16" tall, Lots of smaller leaves, no tendrils, stalk looks good and round...

I'm wondering if these particular varieties require more water than the other GPs that are doing well.. So I watered the four by hand on Thurs - then again today. Seemed to have a bit of a 'growth spurt' on three of them after the extra water. If anyone has a history on them - could you tell me if they have a tendancy toward a higher water need than average?

6/25/2005 8:43:49 AM

Nashville, TN

Oops, forgot to mention - all the GP plants are a nice even dark green color - and the leaves (though small) appear to be normal in shape and texture....

6/25/2005 8:50:29 AM

Benton Ky

I sent you a 512. Are you sure you do not have it mixed up with the 220. Neither plant liked the heat. I watered the 512 quite a bit it was very aggressive with plant and fruit growth.

6/25/2005 11:59:52 AM

Nashville, TN

Sometimes my husband's 5's & 2's look the same.. He made the tags for me since I was so busy at the end of the semester.. So I need to change the 212 to 512 in my records?

Makes sense that it is having difficulty with the hot & dry conditions then... Thankyou for the info - It and the other 3 'bushy ones' are already showing more 'pep' since I started giving them an extra allowance of water. Will note this in my records...Any other info would be welcome.

The other 10 varieties of AG seem to be handling it well - with no extra watering other than what the drainage field is pumping in underneith.

I have noticed another thing - the 625 Foss seems to show a lot of heat stress from 10am-5pm.. Wilted leaves all over. It does recover very well at night and is growing rapidly though. Havn't noticed much heat/dry stress in the other 9 'vigorous plants'...

6/25/2005 5:54:46 PM