To be clear, Caplan used a 50 percent change in Leaf Wilt Angle, not a 50 degree change.
All this time I've seen it wrong! No wonder I thought this was easy! 50% is harder to figure. I gotta go back now! What does that even mean?!
Watch a few, see if it fits what you may want. My plants seldom die from it, none have actually.Good morning Mr O
Garden looking schmickey doo bruv
I’m not sure how I feel about droughting. Sad plants give me anxiety and I’m not even joking. I do know how I feel about headaches tho. They suck ugly balls.
Before drought, you measure the angle between the stem and the spot where the leaf attaches to the petiole starting below the leaf. For example a praying leaf might be 150° (not that this ever happens but if it were absolutely flush to the stem it would be 180°).
So, essentially half way between where you started and hanging straight down (like when it's dead...
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I have a convoluted way to look at this one and it happens to be ok I think. I draw an imaginary line using the stem and main branch it comes from starting at the base and going to the green of the leaf. When that stem gets limp enough to flop over to 50 % I call it aprox 45 degrees which I call close enough to 50%. Yeah you may not want to visit my mind
Yes kind of
Gotta repopulate!
The instructions always seemed to be a bit loose to me. Different leaves have different starting angles and don't all wilt at the same rate. I picked one close to the top with a really strong praying angle but a different leaf would probably have yielded different results.I have a convoluted way to look at this one and it happens to be ok I think. I draw an imaginary line using the stem and main branch it comes from starting at the base and going to the green of the leaf. When that stem gets limp enough to flop over to 50 % I call it aprox 45 degrees which I call close enough to 50%. Yeah you may not want to visit my mind
Well put. I'd say so too. I haven't been able to make a true science of the act yet. These plants are diverse, and some I can't even get myself to do it on, others I can't wait.
Krissi has found other studies and mentioned them over at her Drought pages I'm pretty sure.True, but from what I recall, very limited sample size, variety of plants or media used, repeated results etc.
I'm not saying it's not valid or disputing the lab results, but it was far from a very robust or extensive test. I saw it more as proof of concept.
But, thanks for the link. I'll have another read as it's been a while.
Hi Bill, wet start and it's going to be a scorcher out. I'm ready. May be a harvest if I can see any amber in the tent later, and I think a rescue water will be in order for the last plant in drought. It's a good day! I hope you're well and at it too!Good morning Stone.
Hope your having a nice day my friend.
Stay safe
Bill284
Stacey has today off, so it's going to be a great day thank you.
