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Saturday, June 05, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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a microburst came rolling through this early this morning and delivered a powerful punch to land of shaz. a section of my 6' tall yard fence got blown down and i lost a 12' rotted branch from one of my trees that was laying in the driveway this morning and small branches everywhere are down. but the 1147 looks fine cuz it is more sheltered closest to the trees and garage. the downward forcing winds however always affect the other 2 plants in the center of the patch the most and had some minor damage. i lost 3 big mature leaves on the 873 and 4 big mature leaves on the 991. they were snapped at the base right next to the vines as those huge leaves caught the wind and were the tallest of the bunch and were snapped off. a coulple leaves that were under the weight of the snapped leaves were propped back up and are fine. also one secondary on the 873 was rolled over just a bit and propped back up, secured and reburied at leaf junctions. could have been a lot worse. there was a storm cell producing half dollar size hail tracking dead on to joliet yesterday that split in 2 and disapated about 3 miles from the house. that could have been ugly. all main vines are covered completely in soil until this round of storms is finished. i will remove the hail protection coating of dirt between the junctions later this week when the patch dries up a bit and i can get into the center of the plants and do so much needed weeding too. 5 inches of rain so far since monday has me staying out of the center of the plants as much as possible even with walking boards. the patch continues to drain nicely and the plants seem to love the rain water. this is a pic out my window today looking at the 991 in the foreground and the 873 right behind it.
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