ApothecaryBrewing
Well-Known Member
Hey HBT! Need some advice on my dwarf Zeus.
I live in upstate New York (Rochester-Area) and planted a Zeus rhizome I received for free in a 5 or so gallon planter. The planter seems sufficient and I punched holes in it for proper drainage. After about 1.5 months the plant was maybe 3 feet tall with only 3 shoots or so. This is when I started feeding it fertilizer (general purpose Miracle-Gro).
Over the past 1.5 months, a bunch of other shoots have started spurting out of the base and from the other more advanced shoots. I can't give a good estimation on how many there are but the tallest shoots are probably a good 10 feet or so and have hit the max height for where I have them planted. I figured they would just start filling out and that seems to be the case a little.
My main concern is that I have yet to see any spurs form. There is not even the littlest inkling of a bud on it. I have also noticed what appear to be 2 different types of leaves. One appears to be a standard 3 or 5 pointed leaf. It looks like it should. The other kind of leaf I think I am seeing is only one point, like a pointy ellipsis. Sort of like the standard leaf minus the other 2 or 4 points.
I could be going blind but I swear this is the truth. Is it a hermaphrodite? Or is it just too young and hasn't fully matured to give me any cones. The Zeus planted on my parents property is well over 25 feet tall and has cones all over it. Thinking I just have a dud in my planter. Please help!
I live in upstate New York (Rochester-Area) and planted a Zeus rhizome I received for free in a 5 or so gallon planter. The planter seems sufficient and I punched holes in it for proper drainage. After about 1.5 months the plant was maybe 3 feet tall with only 3 shoots or so. This is when I started feeding it fertilizer (general purpose Miracle-Gro).
Over the past 1.5 months, a bunch of other shoots have started spurting out of the base and from the other more advanced shoots. I can't give a good estimation on how many there are but the tallest shoots are probably a good 10 feet or so and have hit the max height for where I have them planted. I figured they would just start filling out and that seems to be the case a little.
My main concern is that I have yet to see any spurs form. There is not even the littlest inkling of a bud on it. I have also noticed what appear to be 2 different types of leaves. One appears to be a standard 3 or 5 pointed leaf. It looks like it should. The other kind of leaf I think I am seeing is only one point, like a pointy ellipsis. Sort of like the standard leaf minus the other 2 or 4 points.
I could be going blind but I swear this is the truth. Is it a hermaphrodite? Or is it just too young and hasn't fully matured to give me any cones. The Zeus planted on my parents property is well over 25 feet tall and has cones all over it. Thinking I just have a dud in my planter. Please help!