Hot climates

John AdamaStaff - December 21, 2020

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I wonder if the water from the transpiration bag tastes like the leaves it comes from. Does pine needle transpiration have a slight piney taste?

 

Regarding vines. I’ve got one over my terrace coverage which I cut back last autumn (just a little bit). With increasing temperatures this week it started dripping water from all places where I removed the sprouts. I realized it when I was laying outside and wondered why I get wet (I first thought the birds are responsible 😉). Putting a cup beneath one of the places I collect around 20ml overnight, which tested fresh and good – pure, clean drinking water (even though not as tasty as the vine one could produce from it).

It doesn’t sound much but it was just one out of 20 dripping holes and I guess if I would cut the root I could get more than one liter out of the plant at once (which I will not do for sure, as it provides me grapes from August to November). So looking for vines is really a great hint provided at your great course.

Result from one night dripping (board width is 8cm, a little bit more than 3 inches):

 

Love to see this, thanks for sharing with pics! That water could really add up and make the difference in certain situations.