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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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and here is her baby. this 997 is a tad under 10' long tonight and i pruned her first female yesterday. it was long and light yellow like mamas was. the 997 has now moved into the top spot for salad growing at this stage. 5 inches of rain in my rain gauge in 6 days last week. i guess the rain just mixed up all that kelp meal and humic acid along with all the other goodies cuz the main grew almost 6' in 7 days. no foliar with that amount of rain, no need to push. more rain tomorrow. plants are too big now to protect from hail, so worse case i can cover the main tips with lawn chairs when tomorrows crazy storms are supposed to hit. i am doing the opposite like geoge castanza from seinfeld, i am saying things like this hoping the opposite will come true. last year i had the 4 by 4 s and the overhead cables with overhead misting that would support a shade cloth. the outside earthanchors are still in place and i still have the 4 by 4s. i could still easily grab the post hole digger, throw up 4 strategically placed 4 by 4s, run the cables, clamp them to the earth anchors, and throw up the shade cloth if i really had to with a window of time about 2 hours. a lot of work but i am crazy enough to do so if a line of storms had the history of golf ball size or better when it hits the quad cities and does not look to be weakening. most likely it will be roll the dice and cover the tips at the least. come on CASTANZA!!!!!!
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