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Sunday, May 08, 2011 shazzy Joliet, IL

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and the winner of this spot is the 1725 harp barring traqedy. i love its aggressiveness and it has the thickest mini stump of all plants and is already kicking out its 4th true leaf. it was also started on 4-19 like the other plants and shed its seed coat on 4-22. you see in the picture the beginning of a rear main/first secondary (whatever you want to call it) that will be removed in the not to distant future when the plant matures a little bit more. gonna get a little toasty in the shazzydome a couple days this week with mid 80s predicted tuesday wednesday and the misting heads on a timer basis will be used along with some fans placed in strategic locations to keep the plants cool. the mini shade clothes attached on rebar are already set up in the greenhouses to stretch tightly over the plants as well as shown in last years diary. very easy to just leave them off to the sides of the plants and then take two of the rebar pieces and pull them up and over to the other sides of the plants and push them in the soil. takes 2 minutes and helps keep the small plants from heat stressing and were also used for acclimation from 3 cloudy days to one clear bright day when the sprouts were smaller last week.
 



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