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Old 05-23-2010, 06:05 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Is this true?

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Originally Posted by jjjankovsky View Post
in my area of mexico, the farmers count the current number of leaves to determine if there will be a harvestable bunch...if over 12 leaves, very good...if under 8 (due to disease in the plantation), cut it down and burn the affected plant...

nobody here has time to count leaves during the year...
Is that the number of leaves on the plant at bloom or the number of leaves it has had at an age?
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