BarG
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Son of a B-tch, That looks spectacular. I'm not jealous, . You are are going to have a superb crop I bet ya.
Leverhead's 2013 T Patches; SE Texas
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Boboro
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Looks great. tite and satrate. Even with a string my rows are all over the place.
I did the same thing as Boboro, I looked up in the woods for open places between the trees, and I checked the prevailing wind direction, then I made allowances for which plants would be blown slightly crooked. So while it may look like I planted crooked by accident, all the plants will have been blown into a perfectly straight line by the end of the season. I also had to make allowances for which plants got less sun, as those plants would lean over toward the sun. It took alot of careful planning.
Boboro
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I was just drunk, but that wascarefuly planed.
leverhead
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My rows really aren't that straight, some are off by almost 3/4 of an inch.
Is that 3/4 of an inch + or - 3/4 of an inch???
workhorse_01
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My old john Deere has 6" of chase me down steering, I'd be happy with just 3/4" out of square!
He's pulling your legs. If I know Steve he wasn't satisfied with the string but also had his laser transit and digital calipers out there, too.
leverhead
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Some of Turkish and Hungarian varieties are forming flower buds. I can't say that I'm excited, but this is getting interesting for me. I went almost all in to try traditional plant and row spacing for the region. Some of it I'm happy with, some of it less so. The weather has been a little crazy, a little too much rain early on and then just about right since then. The temperatures have run from warm to cold to warm to cold and then to hot. The soil is pretty much unimproved, other than removal of one tree and tilling.
The Shiraz is planted in a double staggered row with 24" plant to plant. There's plenty of room to work in and around the plants, a very easy row to weed and sucker. The suckers aren't too bad and are "leggy" so the are easy to remove. They can be a little hard to find, I have to pull the leaves away from the stalk to find most of them. It should end up right around 45 days to maturity, 50% of the plants have at least 1 flower.
The Bitlis is an interesting little plant, It's not a foot tall! It's planted 19 1/4" row to row and 8" plant to plant. haven't figured out the easiest way to work on these, bending over or kneeling down. Either way, knees or feet in between two rows. I've counted everything that looks like a leaf and coming up with 13 leaves consistently. About 45 days to maturity.
The Haskowo is a bit of a problem planted at 19 1/4" row to row, the plant to plant spacing of 8" doesn't seem to be a problem. I had a few plants blow down in some weather, only this variety. There were no problems in the rest of the patch. This variety is showing a large range of plant heights. About 45 days to maturity.
That's all for now, I'll post more as they mature.
The Shiraz is planted in a double staggered row with 24" plant to plant. There's plenty of room to work in and around the plants, a very easy row to weed and sucker. The suckers aren't too bad and are "leggy" so the are easy to remove. They can be a little hard to find, I have to pull the leaves away from the stalk to find most of them. It should end up right around 45 days to maturity, 50% of the plants have at least 1 flower.
The Bitlis is an interesting little plant, It's not a foot tall! It's planted 19 1/4" row to row and 8" plant to plant. haven't figured out the easiest way to work on these, bending over or kneeling down. Either way, knees or feet in between two rows. I've counted everything that looks like a leaf and coming up with 13 leaves consistently. About 45 days to maturity.
The Haskowo is a bit of a problem planted at 19 1/4" row to row, the plant to plant spacing of 8" doesn't seem to be a problem. I had a few plants blow down in some weather, only this variety. There were no problems in the rest of the patch. This variety is showing a large range of plant heights. About 45 days to maturity.
That's all for now, I'll post more as they mature.
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Fisherman
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Excellent crop Mr Leverhead. 
I think the early cold night / med warm day type spring did most of the forcing flowers maybe.
I think the early cold night / med warm day type spring did most of the forcing flowers maybe.
leverhead
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It's pretty close to prediction for days to maturity. The Shiraz is a bit early.
Fisherman
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How you liking the shirazi?
I got 70 some I can plant if needed
I got 70 some I can plant if needed
leverhead
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I won't get to smoke any 'till next year, it's destined for the Hookah. It's kind of puny looking next to the SB, but that's OK. Put a few in your "pots" to see what they do that way, I'd look at those pictures. We can swap some leaf later in the year at the TTGA meeting in the fall.
BarG
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Heh heh, your garden looks really good. A lot of TLC has gone a long ways.
Superb T Patches ! Bellissimo LOL
It may be better to top the Shiraz plants. I'm sure you're experimenting a lot of things but the plants used for hookah are generally topped, fertilized and watered.
It may be better to top the Shiraz plants. I'm sure you're experimenting a lot of things but the plants used for hookah are generally topped, fertilized and watered.
leverhead
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They haven't been fertilized, we have had enough rain. Thank you for the tip! They will get topped before I go home, except for a few seed plants. I've got time for another grow, I'll give them some fertilizer and compare the two.
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