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Darkman · 09-27-2013, 07:05 AM

Hi Hanabananaman,

You have the same type Winter we have for sure. I did not have to do any protection the last two years and have ample fruit this year. The key to getting fruit is saving the right size P-stem. In my area 6 - 8 feet seems to be about right. I will lose my leaves to a frost irregardless of the temperature most years so I want to have a P-stem that will wake up in the spring, push leaves for several months and then bloom early June.

Of course the varieties you are growing will play into that equation as some take longer to mature from raceme to edible or harvestable bunches. I have started looking into one season growers where a smaller P-stem can grow and fruit in a single season.

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