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Mike McGeough[_2_]

wrote:
> "Besides, those leaves
> don't feed the berries anyway. "
>
> Oh yeah they do. They are actually the most important on the shoot.
>

Bob,

I'm referring to the basal leaves, by which I mean the ones between the
old wood and the fruit. What I've read, based on things like
radioisotope tracers, indicates that the photosynthates produced by
these leaves moves rootward in the stem, away from the fruit. If you can
point me toward something which says otherwise, I'd love to read it.

They get pulled about midsummer to let some sun in around the fruit.

Regarding the wetness of my growing site, you're absolutely right: too
wet, too fertile, a bit too little sun. Sigh...

--
Mike MTM, Cokesbury, NJ, USA

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