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Sunday, May 08, 2011
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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toasty warm in the shazzydome this morning on a sunny day. in the far back is the 1493 backup, and then the 1725 harp next to it. these are positioned to grow to the right. and then in the front is the 2 1209 shenohas positioned to grow to the left. instead of back to back, i go side by side this way to save a little more room for the mains to grow 2 more feet. i have about a one foot difference stagger of the 2 sets to allow a little more room for the first set of secondaries coming off each side and place an angled walking board between the 2 sets to have access to the stumps. a row of walking boards will then go between the first secondaries of the 2 keeper plants growing in opposite directions. the mains will be directed back to an imaginary line running let to right in this pic between the 2 sets of plants. i place my top dog selections in the center closer to this imaginary line to eliminate the angling of the main back to center i would have to do if i used both outside backup plants. this gives me 5-6' mains before i have to remove the 14' diameter greenhouse from running out of room. the shazzydome really gets these plants jumping compared to smaller greenhouse with 14' diameter of warmed soil retaining and holding heat better with the amount of surface area enclosed. the bobby's tap giant tomato draft is this friday and my 6 plants will go in the ground next weend. it is fun to nurse 7 flats of plants all the way to this stage, but i will be happy when i do not have so many plants to attend to. the 7.33 hunt plants are all almost twice as big as all the others and i will give georgie boy one of these and a 5.35 lyons this week. my buddy mark mills gets the other 7.33 hunt and one of each of the other tomatos in the lineup.
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