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Friday, May 26, 2023 BravoV2 Elk County, PA

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This has been the last 3 nights and so far we haven't lost anything and everything is still growing. We did have one pumpkin leave get the kiss of death. A few tomato leaves as well. Dana lost her 100 gallon plant, which makes two she lost. And it was her idea to compete in the 100 gallon challenge with me.....Anyways, hopefully we make it through the night with little casualties. I already know I'm going to cut a few secondaries that look god awful and started growing the wrong way and with those big heavy houses there was nothing I could really do to train early on. Only after they came off could I manipulate things so that is something to fix for next year. Positive side, everything since the houses came off is right were I want it. Weeded a bunch today, pruned a bunch today, berried a bunch today. There was no frost warning for tonight so I stretched everything out and burried. We got a frost warning late today, so ran to Walmart spent 100$ on more sheets to cover the larger footprint. Big plants in May sucks. I started 4 days earlier than usual and never had plants half this size come June 1st. I'm thinking the larger 5X8 heating cable allotment and running them nonstop lead to this mess. Anyways, it gives me the confidence to actually start later then usual next year and end up with plants appropriate for June 1st.
 



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