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Sunday, June 28, 2009 shazzy Joliet, IL

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and here is the 1185 in the front with as much as i could fit in while standing on a latter. pic is crooked, but you get the gist. the 1185 has many 15' secondaries terminated and starting to really fill up. you can not see the left side of the plant, but it should have plenty of energy for the female at 17' that is growing nicely and should open sooner than i thought originally and might be ready on tuesday or wednesday. in the back is the 1385 going left and the 1161 going right. after seeing svbs for the first time this year today and not spraying for 14 days prior due to avoiding spraying in the heat last week, i just got done at dark and sprayed every vine, leaf stalk, under side of leaves and top side of leaves as diligently as possible. sprayed a total of 9 gallons under the plants on all vines, stalks, and leaf undersides and 4.5 gallons of mix on the top side of the leaves along with vcp 0-13-0 on both the 1161 and 1185. spent 4 hours in a.m., and 3 hours p.m. in the patch today with the sox/cub game sandwiched in between. i am sun burnt and tired, but proud of the work i completed. the entire rest of the misting system was set up so the full coverage mist can help me avoid any more future leaf burn. the picture doesn't show it cuz the leaves are blowing crazy in the wind when i took the picture, but i have many damaged heat related leaves from the past week. that heat wave also cost me 2 prime females on the 1161. glad it is gone and it could not have come at a worse time. but i did mange a successful pollination on the 1385 so all the fan work was worth it. tomorrow i will catch up on some weeding and vine burying now that all vines are coated with demand cs.
 



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