Re: AG growth rate.
Al,
I have used your average growth tables since 1996 and they have been an
excellent guideline for trying to figure out where my fruit might end up
come October. Thanks for sharing!
This is the information on my two biggest:
My first measurement on my 1096.8 was at day 30 @ 99 inches.
My 1061 numbers are:
Day 20 @ 99 inches
Day 30 @ 130 inches
The 1096.8 was very blocky and ended up at only 157.5 inches. The 1061 ended
up at 177.5 inches in circumference.
Joe Pukos
Leicester, NY USA
> Fellow Growers--I don't have any to measure yet but some growers do so I
> thought I would trot out my "rule-of-thumb" that is a guideline for good
> growth.I have found that all my biggest followed this rate quite closely.
>
> Day 10--20" circumference
> Day 20--60" "
> Day 30--100" and a bit more for a good rate
>
> The days are from pollination and circumference is the conventional
> Stellpflug method,ie horizontal and parallel to the ground with the AG
lying
> on its side.I do not include the protrusion at the blossom end of the
fruit
> in the measurement.
>
> I believe if they grow much faster or slower than shown above the October
> results will not be good.
>
> Of course different climates may cause different growth rates.The above
> numbers are from eastern Ontario.
>
> If any of this is unclear to newer growers please ask your questions.
> Cheers--Al Eaton
>
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