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Thursday, June 30, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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rain. we actually got some rain. and a nice amount about 3/4 of an inch this morning. with it came some wind and i had only 1 secondary rolled over that got propped back up with bamboo stakes. my 10' tall sunflowers bent over some above 6 feet where they are attached to the fence, but have popped back up a bit today in the 90 and sunny temps. with the minor rot that has since healed on the 1247 stump, i stopped burying vines so i do not get rot conditions on them over this past 10 day heat wave where middle 70s at night with high humidity does not dry out the soil enough for my liking with having to water every 2 days. tonight goes on some daconil and demand cs. Timmer's 1446 x self is 50" today on day 17 and looking good. Homer on my 1247 is growing slowly and taking on a weird asymetrical long shape. its 38" on day 15 today and doesn't look to do any thing huge in size at this point. but jack larue's 1109 grown from it went 21 percent heavy so maybe this one grows internally more then externally. the stem is nice and thick so we will see what happens with time. the heat wave is breaking after today, so maybe when i remove the 30 percent shade cloth it will get going at a better pace. but the best news of all is i have 2 sets on my 885 #1 plant. the first at 12' is 21" today at 3pm on day 7. it grew 3.5 inches since yesterday at the same time and has my hopes back up in this ungodly heat wave we have had. the next one at 14' looks also to have taken is growing nicely too. got another pollination at 21' tomorrow a.m. on the 885 #2 plant that is critical cuz the 11' and 14' never took or aborted in the heat, and the 17' is growing a little but to early to tell if it set. gonna be nice day in the high 70's so it should set just fine. gonna go with the 1446 again to pollinate it with, or maybe use the 885 #1 plant to sib it.
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