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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shazzy Joliet, IL

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April on day 30 stem side. tonight i will drench the 873 and 991 with 3-18-18, calcium, humic acid, and neptunes. these 2 plants will get this cocktail drench every 4 days with just two 2 gallon watering cans applied to each plant around the stumps and along the sides of the main vines. co2 was sprayed over the weekend with 9-18-9. the next 2 weekly foliar feeding will be on sunday with co2 and 3-18-18 starting on aug. 1st i will beging the 0-25-25 foliar with co2. the first drench with 0-25-25 will be in 2 weeks when the pumpkins are on days 44 and 46. my insecticide, fugicide, fulvic acid will be on sundays. gonna be some hot hot temps for the next 10 days. watering has been at least one hour in the a.m depending on rain and at least 2 hours toatl during the day with the rain tower to cool the plants and soil at 10-20 minutes a time every hour depending which hour. 10 am and 11 am are 10 minutes, 12 and 1 are 15 minutes once per hour, and 2 3 and 4 pm get 20 minutes. this is on bright hot sunny days. cloudy days get less day watering and less frequent. the 1147 is just getting a neptunes and humic acid drench tonight and i will lay off heavier ferts until i get one or 2 set on secondaries. got 2 females on decent secondaries looking to open in a week or so. the plant is filling in more every day. still on my mind to get something on this plant at all bring to stoughton.
 



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