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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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and after the storms the sun came shining through this morning at 7:15 a.m. and i had to get a picture of the morning sun hitting the patch after the rains. leaves took some pounding but most are already back up strong. a couple leaves on the 1147 lost their backbone from flapping in the wind. you can see the one in the foreground folded down and will stay that way cuz of the internal leaf structure snapping at a few points. all in all i am very happy to see the plants weathered the storm nicely. the 873 is to the back left and i will start making the main vine slowly turn as soon as i see what side the next female falls on and then i have 17' in either direction to continue running the main parellel to the fence. same for the 991 on the back right and it will get a curve either way and run parallel to the house and the last secondary. did some official measurements with the tape measure today and the 1147 female on the good side of the plant is exactly at 12' and the main vine is 12.5' this morning. i started training the 's' on it this morning. the females i thought were at 8' on both the 991 and 873 are exactly at 9' and are still developing as i haven't pinced them yet for insurance reasons. the 991 has a 12' main with a female in the cluster and the 873 is 12.5' with a female in the cluster. if the mains continu to lay down nicely and the females look to be developing properly, then the 9' females will get pinched. i used to just snip the 9' females early, but after the 1725 last year grown within 10' and 2 snapped main vines before pollinating last year, i decided to let these to grow and see the development stage in case of needed phosphorus. these second ones down the line on these 2 plants should fall about 13'-14.5' which is in the prime zone for me. also got females on many secondaries so the flowering balance seems in check so far on all 3 plants.
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