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Sunday, June 21, 2020 cjb Plymouth, MN

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2020 fruit set stress--first main vine female isn't going to open. Had this same issue for early pollination last year and am wondering if there's too much nitrogen in the patch . Can't rule out potential involvement of damage to the plant at that leaf, which is about 20% burnt and the vine/node (shown, more concerning). Maybe sunburn, possibly chemical (candidates would be foliar kelp, H/F application Monday, merit drench Tuesday, or Foli-Cal on Thursday [maybe Friday]). Two more main vine females coming up, going to watch closely and keep a secondary with females on-deck as a possible alternate main. Quite a few secondaries have had females, though many have been aborting early.
 



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