obdiah

hi i am not an expert in any way but here are my observations if your interested
I have never noticed any ill effects or slowing of growth from removing all the pups from a plant maybe a slight increase of growth and usually do so on a plant i am trying to fruit
or just leave one pup for the next season

the one time I attempted to overwinter vc in the ground here it was unsuccessful how ever
the were tc plants about 6 in tall started in june and were not well established thier growth
was phenomenal!! but the dont seem to be cold tolerant at all however I still plan to work with them and try to develop a better wintering strategy

blue java orinico rajah puri have given the best results for me overwintering in the ground here in zone 7 but just cant compare with the vc.s short cycle so still expereminting and learning