Monday, July 21

A New Trick...

New to me, it's not like I invented it or anything. You want to bury the vine at each leaf node, where new roots grow. Some growers bury the entire vine, although I'm nervous about inviting rot that way. Anyway, you dig a trench where the vine is about to grow:























Then you fill in the trench as the vine grows:


















I measured the main vine growth at a full foot today. Side vines are starting to branch too. I'll probably not get an update up until Wednesday, but the season is about to get interesting again!

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