Re: can the plant cull its own?
- Subject: Re: can the plant cull its own?
- From: J* T* <j*@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:40:41 -0700
I think it's more likely that the later pollinations didn't take at all -
maybe because it got hotter?
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, dave perkins <dperk15@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a plant that i was able to pollinate 3 females in a 6 day period
> (every
> other day starting July 3rd). Since then the 1st one i pollinated has taken
> off ( 35" at day 10) the other 2 started well but shriveled up soon after.
> My
> question is this, can/will a plant abort(cull) other females if one is
> doing
> really well?
> My thought was that the good one is taking all the energy away from the
> other females since it is the 1st in line from the stump. BTW, i know 35"
> at
> 10 days sounds impressive (27" at 10 days is on pace for 1200lbs according
> to
> Altis/Laundry benchmarks) But i have a small plant and anything over 340
> woulbe beat my best. Aint this hobby a blast?
>
>
> Dave
>
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