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Joliet, IL

i made the mistake of taking off the leaves around my
female blossums along with the secondaries and tendrils when
the blossums were about 4 days from opening. i
took away their shade protection from the sun and the
extreme heat and half of them got cooked. the ones
i lost were on side vines which doesn't break my heart.
i would have been really pissed it it affected the females
on my mains. the female blossum just loses it luster,
gets dimply, and dies before it ever gets a chance to be
pollinated. now i have placed some laundry baskets over my
blossums for shade protection leading up to pollination day
and leave them on until my tarps go up after a successful
set. with most of the nation getting heated up, i would
hate to see someone lose some golden opportunites by making
the same mistake as myself.

7/5/2003 9:41:47 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Thanks shazzy, best of luck to you..........Don

7/5/2003 3:30:22 PM

Ontario

I set a plastic white lawn chair over my females as soon as I see them to protect them from the sun. I leave it there until the tarps go up like u.

7/5/2003 9:42:20 PM