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Minnesota

Taking a consensus, I have room for one plant, is it smart to plant one or two others along with it, if a problem arises with the preffered plant I can pull it and use one of the other plants, or is it just a waste of seeds?

10/15/2007 6:23:48 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Fog, what are the dimensions of yer patch....if only big enough for one, why not plant one at each end...that way you will have a couple,3,4 weeks to decide which plant is growin the beast...and then pull the other one??? Does this make sense? With the generosity of the folks on this site, there is no reason for anyone with a couple a bucks (for bubbleopes and postage) not to have 2 excellent genetic background seed!!!!!!! Peace, Wayne

10/15/2007 7:05:59 PM

Minnesota

Hmmm, you may be right.

10/15/2007 7:18:10 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I agree with Wayne. If your desired plant is an impossible ribbon vine, or breaks off, you'll have a backup. You could even grow three or four plants to start with, for extra insurance. IMO one plant is way too risky...when you only have room for one plant.

10/15/2007 8:22:09 PM

Minnesota

hmmm, that would mean I would grow on the end and I would dig 2 pits, it might be the wisest.

10/15/2007 9:33:16 PM

Buffalo, New York

get the dimensions of your patch man.....

my patch is roughly 16' x 25'

i am gonna grow (2) flag patterns this year starting in opposite corners and have the main vines along the 25' side of the patch.
i will prob start with 1 plant at each 4 corners and pick the best 2 opposite corners leaving the 2 better opposite corners.

i hate to grow just 1 xmas tree plant in my tiny space so this year will be 2 flag plants for a change.

10/16/2007 1:02:41 AM

Georgia

I agree with Wayne plant a couple and pull your weaker ones. Jeremy I believe if your growing in flag patterns you should be alright. I grew one in a flag pattern in a small garden plot and only could bury till about 10 feet on the secondaries and got over 500 pounds.

10/16/2007 9:12:54 AM

Minnesota

what exactly is a flag pattern? you cut all the vines except the top right vines to resemble a flag??

10/16/2007 10:41:26 AM

Buffalo, New York

correct me if im wrong people but a flag is the same as a xmas tree, except all the secondarys on 1 side of the main are removed, correct?

long triangle shape

10/16/2007 11:35:29 AM

Belgium Europe

Don't pull the backup plant,it's better to cut it of just above the ground.If you pull it you pull some roots of the keeper plant with it.
You are right about flag pattern , jeremy.

10/16/2007 11:54:53 AM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Jeremy, you are right. The flag pattern is accomplished by taking all sides off of one side and letting the other side grow out as normal. When possible let the vines on the side to be cut grow out at least a couple feet. This gives you a couple extra leaves on that side. Quinn Werner advised me of this last year. I tried it on one plant this year and got 694 off of it. It could have gone bigger but it developed some splits and I cut back on the water a few weeks before harvest.

10/16/2007 12:41:03 PM