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Bloomington, IN USA

Is it common for orange lines to not have a secondary coming off each leaf node?
I hadn’t done orange until this year and I noticed many leaf nodes without a branch vine coming off, made ingenuity necessary to fill the patch with leaves.
Or do you think it is more likely a soil chemistry issue?

8/5/2019 3:40:37 PM

On a cliff in the desert

My 495.2 Ressler didn't have secondary vines until I gave it Bloom Booster. It's put out 3 secondary vines since I applied the Bloom Blooster. Main vine is about 20 feet long.

8/5/2019 7:25:08 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

A healthy orange producer should grow and put out secondary vines like any other plant.

8/5/2019 10:08:20 PM

Grittyville, WA

I have only seen this in maxima winter squash and field kins. Hubbards... To be exact. It must be rare in AGs the only time I have seen them miss laterals is when the vine has doubled. Then they throw strange combos--the side vine is replaced with a second leaf, flower, or tendril... & yes, it makes a messy christmas tree pattern..

8/6/2019 1:48:52 AM