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            Subject:  Still no females
			
  
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            | Jordan Rivington (JRO) | 
            
               Windsor, Ontario, Canada 
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               I have yet to find any females on my LGs. I have lots of males (flowers that have thin stem and are 4-6" long) but I see no females.
  Maybe I am missing something... 
		
				
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               8/12/2008 9:42:29 AM 
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            | Dutch Brad | 
            
               Netherlands 
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               Mine are rotting away before they get big enough to pollinate. You might want to check if there are any little wee brown or yellowish ones. 
		
				
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               8/12/2008 2:33:29 PM 
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            | duff | 
            
               Topsfield, Ma. 
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               How old are your plants, how long/tall are they roughly ? 
		
				
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               8/13/2008 6:58:42 PM 
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            | Jordan Rivington (JRO) | 
            
               Windsor, Ontario, Canada 
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               15' tall, tons of side vines, lots of males, whole trellis (4' wide) is covered. 
		
				
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               8/13/2008 7:30:11 PM 
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            | duff | 
            
               Topsfield, Ma. 
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               My trellis is 10' tall and don't typically see females till vine has crested that for a couple/few weeks later. Plants went in ground Memorial day here (May 26) Hope that helps! 3 plants threw early females, and 4 plants were very much later, all different seeds. If I were a better record keeper the details would be better...LOL! 
		
				
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               8/14/2008 7:16:18 PM 
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            | Bushwacker | 
            
               Central Connecticut 
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               My results are similar to Duff...I usually get a couple of females early and then about the time the first ones stop growing the second group of females arrive.  about 8-10' from the first.  I pollinated 2 a little over a week ago.  1 set went to 12" and stopped.  We have had cold night (in the 50's) may be the reason.  
  I have a long top trellis (about 36" x 12ft long).  they just keep running across the top.  right now it is at about 20ft long...Chris 
		
				
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               8/15/2008 7:07:35 AM 
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