Obsession?

I was concerned that my largest Athena was weighing down the entire front yard trellis, and was probably going to slip 3 weeks from ripeness if the tensile pressure on the stem was not relieved. Thus, small plastic pot and baby blanket, two tent stakes to anchor said pot in place. The trellis stopped contorting 45 degrees out of true, and the stem relaxed nicely with no stress - tensile or shear. Hopefully no damage was done and it will slip normally. I say it's got another 1 1/2 weeks. 

All three of the large (1 1/2 week) ripeners on this plant recently developed very heavy ribbing. I was concerned that they might split, but it looks like they're good.