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Island Brah · 09-29-2017, 08:01 AM

Planted my Veinte Cohol from a 5 gallon pot to the ground on April 23, 2017. This pic was taken a month after I planted it so it was way smaller than this when it went into the ground.

I didn't think it would flower this year in hopes for larger pups to plant and fruit way earlier next season. I pushed it hard all growing season and this flag leaf popped this week. The pstem is now 5.5-6 feet tall and the base of the pstem is 23 inches around. This Veinte Cohol grew so fast for me producing 2 leaves a week during summer. Once the flag leaf came, its started going SO SLOW, even with with 0-0-62 supplement. I cut all nitrogen once I saw the pre-flag leaf.

It has 2 large pups and 5 peepers. I'm being told to remove one of the large pups to make it go faster but I think its slowed down due to less sun each day since the sun is lower in the fall sky which makes more shade on it through the day now. I really don't want to mess with the root system now that its flowering and I don't think the speed created by removing one of the large pups, if any, with be worth the risk. It's a race against time with frost usually happening around the first of November in my zone. We've had a warmer than normal fall so far so I'm hoping the warmer days stick around long enough for me to get lucky - I doubt it but ya never know

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Island Brah Island Brah's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Zone: 7b & 8a Border Name: Island Brah Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 190 BananaBucks : 66,191 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 555 Times Was Thanked 345 Times in 117 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 27 Times	Southeast Veinte Cohol Flowering Planted my Veinte Cohol from a 5 gallon pot to the ground on April 23, 2017. This pic was taken a month after I planted it so it was way smaller than this when it went into the ground. I didn't think it would flower this year in hopes for larger pups to plant and fruit way earlier next season. I pushed it hard all growing season and this flag leaf popped this week. The pstem is now 5.5-6 feet tall and the base of the pstem is 23 inches around. This Veinte Cohol grew so fast for me producing 2 leaves a week during summer. Once the flag leaf came, its started going SO SLOW, even with with 0-0-62 supplement. I cut all nitrogen once I saw the pre-flag leaf. It has 2 large pups and 5 peepers. I'm being told to remove one of the large pups to make it go faster but I think its slowed down due to less sun each day since the sun is lower in the fall sky which makes more shade on it through the day now. I really don't want to mess with the root system now that its flowering and I don't think the speed created by removing one of the large pups, if any, with be worth the risk. It's a race against time with frost usually happening around the first of November in my zone. We've had a warmer than normal fall so far so I'm hoping the warmer days stick around long enough for me to get lucky - I doubt it but ya never know __________________ Growing: Basjoo, Blue Java (The Real One), FHIA-01 American Goldfinger, Manzano, Tall Orinoco, Raja Puri (USDA TARS), Veinte Cohol (USDA TARS), Patupi, & SH-3640 High Noon (USDA TARS)