Late Start Outdoor Wonder Pie

July7: lots of rain this summer. I find it interesting how the internodal spacing and leaves are so big on my plants compared to other Wonder Pies. It might just be due to phenotypic variations, but my thought is that it’s related to the quality of light that we get here in the summer at 53N latitude. The light will be slightly red shifted which apparently causes plant stretching. It might also have something to do with the cool nights, but my Wonder Pies certainly look different than others using the same nutrients. They’d look a lot better if we got some summer happening 🤠 July 10: Wonder Pie #2 is smaller mostly because it was completely yanked out of the Rapid Rooter when it was a baby. Whoops. It’s a bit miraculous that it survived that early trauma and is doing fine, but it’s not gaining on Wonder Pie #1. July 11: a couple of nice days and both plants are about two inches taller in two days. WP #1 certainly has the potential to become very tall. July 12: tied to bamboo stake slightly off vertical to open up canopy to sunlight. Some of the fan leaves are huge which is good of course, but I’ll also need to tuck them in a bit daily so they don’t block too much sunlight.