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Saturday, April 09, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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here are the state fair plants getting acclimated to the
sun in my solarium. i have them sitting ontop of sun-warmed
transplanting soil in my wheelbarrow. no sense placing them
on the cool tile. the bigger one in the middle is the 1247
handy and sprouted 2 days before the other two in the pic.
today it is 8 days old from seed filing, and 3.5 days old
since breaking ground. the transplant containers are 6"
wide by 12" deep, so each cot is about 3 inches in length
already. the other 2 are the 818 andrews on the left and
the 885 shenoha on the right. the 818 will be a backup to
the other two incase there is a problem during the transplanting process or tragedy strikes one of them
within the first 3 days. realistically, the 1247 will be
the sole survivor of the 3 plants in the end for my one
plant plot for state fair competition. today i weeded
inside the portable greenhouse and watered the soil
thoroughly. some of the weeds were already going on 3 inches
tall and they were plentiful. normally this would piss me
off, but not at this time of the year when there is barely a
weed sprouted in the entire rest of the patch. i have
left the heater running continuously on high for the last
ten days with all vents closed and some of the high temps
have reached 119 degrees on 70 degree sunny days. so
there is no doubt the soil is active and ready for the
sprouts to be transplanted tomorrow evening.
today i will present the rough draft of the first IGPGA
newsletter, 2005 SPRING EDITION, that will be going out the
first week of may. also i will present 2 logo designs
that i designed and had a graphic artist clean up.
today we will critique the logos, and i will encourage
all members to add suggestions for me to give to the
graphic artist for a finalized design.
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