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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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the pumpkin gods just might have blessed me when least expected. after walking by the 1161 plant at 6:30, i noticed an open secondary female that i didn't know was there and decided to pollinate it (4 lober)for a backup with some of the 1385 flowers i had bagged in case the 1161 on the main opened this morning. it was hard to tell last night if the 1161 on the main at 18' was going today or tomorrow and the color was bleeding through enough orange to plan for a morning pollination today. but it was still crimped shut at 6:30 am and i was about to go to work when i noticed the secondary female open and pollinated it. while pollinating the secondary 1161, i saw that its petals on one half were somewhat still crimped together like it was stuck a bit while opening. after pollinating it, i went back and took a closer look at the main female and knew that the top petals must be twisted and crimped at the tips from the cool night. a little twist of the tops of the petals and she started to opened up. 5 minutes later i pollinated her with 7 1385 males. it was a 5 lober that was symetrical, but a couple of the segments were a little smaller than the others. not sure if a problem or not, but at least i feel lucky for a change. i didn't miss the one and only last chance on the 1161 main. only going to 68 degrees today, so the weather is sure right. so now finger crossed tight that the 1185 and 1161 last chance pollinations on the mains take successfully. come on pumpkin gods, smile down at me and let me go 2 for 2 with these girls. it is out of my hands now.
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