Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Main vine cut down to size

On the 1436, I've been worried about a potential rib split. I've been watching it a few days and it has not become worse, but we had a lot of rain yesterday. It's still cold now, but could warm up and with some warm sunshine and a saturated plant, those ribs could swell up and that would be it.

So, I cut the main. Not right at the fruit, but from the fruit to the base, I cut the vine so that there is only about two feet of vine in the ground before the fruit. There is also the vine after the fruit. Hopefully this will stop any major infusions of juice into the fruit, but keep it fresh.

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