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Monday, May 27, 2024
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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2287 Sadiq ’22 Plant Overview
The umbrella is shading the early female flowers that may be a potential keeper. By providing early shade this reduce the chance of the main vine tip burning or the early female flower development from having heat related damage. Since the flowers does a lot of differentiation and development on the cellular level even before it opens for pollen, the protection before the flower opens is important. This may help reduce the chance of aborts.
Many growers only start to offer protection on pollination day and beyond, but the early protection is also important and the umbrella method is quick and easy. It can also be moved if a flower further down the vine is the new chosen one. However, if you are growing outside make sure it is on a sturdy stake so the wind can not damage this critical area of the plant. How strong of a stake?... Strong enough so the fabric of the umbrella would tear before the stake breaks, so metal stakes it is😉
The area is 32ft. wide and the plant can grow about 35ft. long (structure is 40ft. long). The black weed block fabric is porous so it can allow water to drain through it, but it also helps hold in soil moisture and is does save a lot of work not early season weeding. Once the plant grows out the material is rolled back and then the shade of the leaves also will suppress weed formation.
The black lines/cords are one of three things… (each described in more detail on the next post)…
1.) CO2 Rain Tubing
2.) CO2 Sensor
3.) Humidity Sensor
While this is intended for indoor operations this explains the rain tubing…
Using Rain Tubing for Carbon Dioxide Delivery : YouTube
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