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Saturday, April 21, 2012 Princeton Joe Princeton Kentucky

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With Help from Lobsterdude725 I am adding The 1365 '11 Singleton (1385 Jutras 07' x 1610 Leiber 10') to this years line up. Thanks "Bob". I took the tractor up to the upper berm of the Little Bear Creak which is about 2000 yards north of my property (No chance of flooding) and chisseled out about 100' - 150' x 60' patch area..rich sandy black soil w/ 4' tall cereal type grass on it since the beginning of time, really rich virgin soil. Going to put two plants up there on it. 4:50 am 4/21/12 and its 32 deg ambient air temp outside but 73 deg soil temp inside the cold frames with inside air temp of 61 deg no heat. Weather guy says it should be our last freeze...Key word there being "Should" lol. Today will start to set out plants in w/ heat at night. Been hardening of plants during the day in the cold frames in anticipation of getting them in the ground. The 1232 M. Smith has been in the ground and is starting to vine out, 525 puricelli is looking like a Beast of a grower Too. Started Brewing tea yesterday (Soil amendment Recipe used by Evans The Big Veggie Grower from Alaska). Last week put down and turned in 170 gallons of 8% Mollasses between all 4 Patches all other Root Pits are ready to rock n roll with soil blast and last dose of humic to those areas have been applied along with Carbonated Humate with 8% Calcium Nitrate, Kelp meal and Drammatic K. Don't know who said it but it is true, "We are our own worst enemy" lol,... taking a break now..
 



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