Carolus getting close

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station greenhouse grower Trey Ramsey measures Carolus at 73.5 inches Sunday morning.
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station greenhouse grower Trey Ramsey measures Carolus at 73.5 inches Sunday morning.

After more than a week of robust 3- to 4-inch growth daily, Carolus’s has slowed down over the last two days to 2 inches or less. (View growth chart.)

That’s a good sign, along with changes in coloration, that flowering will come soon — possibly early this week.

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