I see what you mean. Climbing an oak tree all summer is not my idea of a good time although I do like to climb trees from time to time, just not with buckets of water. The weather is warm here too and i doubt we will have a frost again. How many times should you visit your plant? I have about 200 seeds from a hermied plant I got. Is it true that a large % of those are in fact female? I guess I would need to check them later to get rid of the males.