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Saturday, June 25, 2005		shazzy	Joliet, IL

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the 1247 stump area remained a little to soggy for the past week from the heavier droplet misters i am using to beat the heat and use for my watering system also. today i checked all stump areas to see the conditions. all were fine but the 1247 had some definate moisture with minor rot conditions setting up. i got out 10% bleach water and cleaned the stump thoroughly after removing all wet soil away from it. i got a fan on it all day now and it looks to be fine and i got it in the nick of time. no soft spots or oozing on any stump area, it just had a brownish slime layer forming on the surface of the stump where saturated soil was up against it. captan will be placed on the entire stump surface tonight after it completely dries out, which it almost already has. a mini tarp went over all stump areas to keep them dry from here on out. i am not using the mist system and will let the entire patch dry out nicely to avoid any buried vines from having the same problems. i will leave the entire patch shade cloth up until after tuesday's 98 degree temps, and by then the patch will be mostly filled in and i will let full sun get the little ones going. hoping my next pollinations on my 885 plants will take place before or after the 98 degree day. i have 2 more down the line on each one at about 17' and the next ones at about 20'. out of both pollinated females on each main, hopefully at least one of them will set in this heat. 2 more chances is all i have on each main as they will be soon running out of room. worst case scenario if i am still having problems getting a set in this heat, i will curve the mains all the way back around to give them more room for females to form on the mains. the newly trained secondary that is closest to the snapped off main on my 905 ailts has a female that showed and will be pollinated in about 8 days. some secondary pollinations for insurance reasons will take place in about 5 or 6 days.