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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Indoor 1989.5 dmg Daletas ’17
While the outdoor plant this year is basically tied for my biggest plant area on this date, this indoor plant seems to be in a different league. Not only is this the biggest plant I have ever had, it is almost double my previous plant size record! This is with generally the same starting date year to year, so there is no unfair advantage in regards to plant age.
All that I can say is carbon dioxide is making for a very efficient plant that is growing great in both plant area and also root development. Now, I just need this to translate into pumpkin growth;-)
While it seems the standard for comparison this time of year is main vine length, I have had plants in the past that grow a great main vine but do not ‘fill-in’, so I developed the idea of Leaf Area Estimation which is basically the area of a triangle. (This works best for the standard Christmas Tree style of pruning.) All you have to do is measure the width of the plant and the length of the main vine. Then it is simply (1/2)*(width of the plant)*(main vine length) = Leaf Area Estimation. For this plant I also needed to add in the area of a rectangle (width of plant)*(length of terminated secondary vines) because so many side vines were terminated the plant was no longer the typically triangle shape for this time of year.
Leaf Area Estimation= 612.25 square feet
Main Vine Length= 31 feet
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