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Sparta, NC

I have a plant that I have 1 pollinated and its 7 days old but I'm not getting anymore females on the plant. I have never had problems getting females on lg plants. Any ideas?

8/6/2008 6:47:21 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Sam mine did the same thing. I have one over 86 inches and now the plant is producing females again.It may be a blessing and the one may get very long.

8/6/2008 7:36:22 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I have noticed that the females come in groups, with some time in between. Since they do most of thier growth in about 3 weeks, don't worry. You have plenty of time to grow a big one.

8/6/2008 8:36:30 AM

Topsfield, Ma.

Seems to be a year of elusive females...LOL! Got some 80"+ LG's on some plants and females now just showing up on others? All different seeds all planted at the same time...go figure? Best of luck!
PS Sam...got a late bloomer on your 106 continuing at 4-5"/day...been a few days now...looking good...:-)

8/6/2008 8:44:58 PM

Netherlands

Mine had two females that aborted and now they are all rotting before they reach an inch long. Not one single female on two plants.

8/7/2008 2:26:11 PM

eastern Ontario

I started growing LGs in 2003 and this is the first year that I have had pollination problems.In the past I learned to expect about 95% success rate.

This year is much different and I am doing everything exactly the same.Even have a few plants with 10 attempts and 10 failures and no chances left,will pull the plants down.

Any suggestions why would be welcomed.(I do have a few plants with 4-5 LGs set though,but the growth rate is well below other years.

The degree days are about the same as past years but a lot more rainfall this year.

8/7/2008 9:39:26 PM

eastern Ontario

A second thought.It was brought to my attention by a neighbour that our hours of sunshine are way down this year.I am starting to believe that is the reason for the slow growth of my LGs.

8/9/2008 9:10:18 PM

Netherlands

Same here Al. Less rain but very little sunshine. Yesterday I noticed a few new females on my second plant, so maybe there's a bit of hope.

8/10/2008 2:27:19 PM

eastern Ontario

Brad-I will try my last pollination tonight.Don't know about Europe but here my pollination window has been about July 20-Aug 10.

Most of my best last year were pollinated around July 27.

8/10/2008 5:36:10 PM

Netherlands

Same time frame here but sometimes September has better weather than August.

8/11/2008 5:58:41 AM