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Old 07-02-2019, 10:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Had one that had trouble with the second leaf, cut off 6" yesterday and found the choke. This morning a new leaf has pushed out 8", P-Stem 5' tall.
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Top of the cut off P-Stem.

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Bottom of the cut off P-Stem.

On another note, after 3 months the Mississippi River is below flood stage here.
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Old 07-03-2019, 10:36 AM   #2 (permalink)
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look like sushi to me...….where's the soy sauce and that hot green crap...….FIRE
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Great choke ....and even better photo.

Looks like a double.
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Awesome job!....It should start opening new leaves in no time!.....







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i have had a few choke this spring as well
one was looking a little rotten mid way on the pstem
so i pushed on the stem and it snapped off near the base...in the middle there was a little leaf ready to become the new plant
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Before cutting off the choke.



10 days later.

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