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Monday, June 20, 2011
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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work got cancelled so decided to get out the ladder on a rain day and take a picture of the patch. got lucky as the high winds and hail went south of us today. still got over an inch of rain or possibly 2 this morning. i would like a picture before tomorrow because it is gonna set up to be a wild weather day. will the I 80 corridor be the avenue to destruction like last year......i hope to hell not. but for now i have to be proud of where i have come so far in the hardest spring i have ever had growing these things. with the corn seed maggots wiping out 5 out of 6 plants my first day after transplant, to the high heat last week aborting prime female development, to the damn varmint that twice has eaten on my 1209 main vine....i will still take it. survive and adapt. the 1493 is in the foreground, the 1209 to the back left and the 1725 on the back right. also pictured is my 6 giant tomato plants along the back fence line that i will let start forming flowers now. the 1725 after looking again this morning has the nicely developing female at 18.5' out. hard to tell while making a turn for more room. the plant is a killer with a vine and stump already thick as can be. if i can hook this girl on with the amount of plant........well let's just make it through tomorrow before dreaming of glory. crazy crazy hobby!!!!! sprayed good coverage on every vine, leaf stalk, underside of leaves bigger than 8 inch diameter and on top of every leaf bigger than 8" thoroughly last night. with the first one and only sighting of the svb yesterday moving very slow and spraying now 2 sundays in a row has me feeling better this morning after seeing the enemy yesterday. why do we do this to ourselves? you know why.
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