Wow with comes that mature you might be able to harvest twice on some plants. Super cool
That's almost assured. Not sure I'm all that thrilled about it though. This could be a looong rest of the season! Last season I got two distinct harvests, the first the last week of August and the second a few weeks later. I'm almost sure I'll be starting the picking within a couple of weeks, and the plants are still putting out lots of burrs...
holy crap! how many years old are they? whats your secret to such massive growth!?
They're all second year plants. Considering the degree of neglect I gave them this year wrt any sort of feeding (first Miracle-Gro application wasn't until mid-June, second was a few days ago), I'd have to attribute this to residual effects of all the good stuff I put into prepping the beds, and the fact that they're planted in a north-south row so they get full southern exposure, especially above the upper deck. It's ~22-23 feet to the suspension line and virtually all of the cones start above the 12 foot level - the part that gets sun nearly all day...
Cheers!