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Hi , I hand pollinated about a week and a half ago and the fruit really took off, seemed like it was growing very rapidly for the first week. Now it seems to have slowed down a lot. Is this normal? It is the size of a tennis ball. Also, a very tiny bite was taken out of it on the side just yesterday, should I seal this up somehow>?

7/25/2008 10:34:05 AM

Wallingford,CT

at a week and a half(10 days) I would expect it to be much bigger than a tennis ball. It may not be 'set' (pollination failure) so I would suggest you pollinate others. In addition to that, if it has a bite out of it now it will become a huge divot if it survives. Remove the critter that bit it.

7/25/2008 11:21:28 AM

Ct

I thought for sure this one had set because two others that didn't set got no bigger than a large marble before they aborted and rotted. This particular one kept growing and growing and all of a sudden slowed down.

7/25/2008 1:13:05 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

I guess it might depend on your weather lis? has it got colder over the last few days? Just a thought!

7/25/2008 2:10:53 PM

Ct

Actually we have been having a heatwave. Has been very hot and humid for a week now.

7/25/2008 3:39:46 PM

Nh

do you have other fruit set?

7/25/2008 6:08:45 PM

Woburn, MA.

Hi Lis,
I am not sure what is has been like in CT. but, in MA we got 5 inches of rain in two days. I am hoping a little sunshine will get things growing.

7/26/2008 1:39:05 PM