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stalled growth
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My Goldfinger recently fruited (late November), and I cut down the old stalk. It's been since then, and the currently tallest plant has grown only one leaf only part of the way. Granted, the Goldfinger has always grown slowly for me, but this is excessive... I'd blame the weather, but I live in south Florida, and we've had quite a mild winter so far. I've still been watering; I've fertilized. The younger pup is still producing leaves... any ideas? |
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Re: stalled growth
Is it large enough to be near flowering? Leaf emergence rate slows down with age, combine that with cooler temps and the shorter days and less intense sunlight and maybe that explains it.
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Re: stalled growth
It could be close to flowering, but I don't think so; the stalk is maybe 2/3 the diameter of the previous (harvested) stalk. My concern is that the current newest leaf has been half-emerged for over a month... maybe the less light is the issue; I don't think it's temperature... we've been in the upper 70s to lower 80's for most of the past few months.
I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I don't mind waiting; I was more concerned that this might be some kind of disease or something... but the plant seems healthy... just not interested in growing. Thanks. |
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Re: stalled growth
It does seem strange that it hasn't made any progress for so long with temps that high. Something could be wrong, but I'm not sure how you'd figure that out other than just waiting to see what happens. Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.
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Re: stalled growth
I don't know how many plants you have or if you grow them for foliage.
As soon as I think there might be a problem I'll remove the top and I would notice a possible problem in a few days not weeks, the only real risk is if it's close to flowering. I'm not emotionally tied to any plant, and the benefit is you will know if you have a problem in a day or two. It is always better to cut off too little than too much, if you cut off too little you can cut more tomorrow. Always split and examine what you remove, maybe the problem will be obvious.
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