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11-30-2016, 01:36 PM | #21 (permalink) |
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Re: Cold weather growers: What are the best ways to force an early bloom?
Wonderful, thanks! Seems pretty scientific!
Since you are at a lower longitude than most of us, the growing conditions will be more constant than it was for the people who did VC research in Georgia! Last edited by geissene : 12-01-2016 at 01:32 PM. |
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Now, do you see how easy it is to skew data with a simple mistaken word? That's the problem with "official" research. File that one piece of incorrect data and everything else is fubared.
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Thanks for catching my 'mistake'!
Based on my google map: Puerto Rico is located 18.2 deg N and 66.6 deg W Philly is located 40.0 deg N and 75.2 deg W Keith is at BOTH a lower longitude and latitude than myself. I agree that latitude has a large impact on temperature. However, the Earth is not just round! We also have a rotational axis which is tilted 23.5 degrees. Because of this, lower longitudes typically have warmer temperatures. Just check the data! I disagree that scientific data is fubar. I think interpretation of the data results is where more issues occur. We can always 'cherry pick' data for the conclusions we want or expect. Just like the pollsters did when they failed to predict daddy to win the election. |
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London is at 0 longitude, they must grow some great nanners.
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I'm not in a rush so saving a few months to get a smaller bunch is not an acceptable tradeoff for me, but for folks with a short growing season a smaller bunch is better than no bunch at all.
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This is a very good question. Because of the height at which the pseudo stem was split the plants never had the time necessary to produce leaf blades. Everything was pushing out very quickly because the existing leaves at the top of the plant were undamaged by the splitting and were still feeding the plant normally. And now it no longer needed to force it's way through the entire length of the pseudo stem. After many petiole canals, the first recognizable leaf blade to appear had grooves which meant it was a bract.
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Re: Cold weather growers: What are the best ways to force an early bloom?
PR Giant shows how to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop. Good stuff!
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