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Nov 13, 2015 7:20 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Mine have only gotten about 4 feet tall. I had poor luck with it this year. I had one plant in a good location in full sun. I got about 4 feet tall and about 3 wide covered in buds, but some bad weather uprooted it and it never recovered. I have another but it is growing in shade and is not nearly as bushy. It started to bloom last week but there are only a few buds. They are short day bloomers so you won't get buds until October or November. Then it's a rush to see how many pods you can harvest before a killing frost. One good thing is for tea you don't wait for the pods to mature like you would if you wanted seeds. On one site I read you can harvest them about 10 days after the blooms drop.
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