Re: Bunch ripening w/o leaves
I have the same problem for the first time due to the 9 days of frost we had. The Goldfinger mat is 5 years old - and also, for the 1st time, ran 2 main pstems instead of one. The older one lost all but one of its leaves and the flag just popped. One big mangy leaf to support 80 to 120 fruit that the gfingr usually delivers. Sounds wrong, right?!
First decision was to cut it down and let the massive mama corm feed the younger one which still puts out leaves. Held off for some input from you guys.
Jon - your advise??
Dan
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