Re: 1020 Papez (& its roommate 594 Smith, the Octipumpkins; LONG LIVE THE eba...

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Subj: RE: 1020 Papez (& its roommate 594 Smith, the Octipumpkins; LONG LIVE THE ebay ESCAPEE 1062 RIVARD)
Date: 6/25/02 4:44:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: k*@adelphia.net
Reply-to: p*@hort.net
To: p*@hort.net
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Cross them on both hands George.  My 1020 Papez &594 Smith just bit the dust, same problem.  They were so kinked, it didn't matter how I tried to rearrange &support them. The 594 Smith I noticed a split at a joint, almost like a notch, as if it were a shell busting open to let something out. Both also split on the bottomside with the grain, plus the 1020 split on the topside about 3-4ft out (maybe stressed by the winds we had Sunday.) Neither have a big enough secondary between the stump &split. I buried much of the Papez with sifted compost, and I cut the Smith off just after the split. The Papez has a 2ndary about 8" long between the 2 splits and the Smith has one coming off the joint that split, about 5-6" long. Both showed healthy vine tips, the Papez had a leaf or 2 sagging a bit in the heat in the area of the split. They both looked like Doubles (double tendrils, symetrical leaves instead of alternating, double tips, etc.)