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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Big Kahuna 26 Ontario, Canada.

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Cornerstone Update > A call for fresh compost has the boys bringing over several bucket fulls right from the conveyor belt. Unlimited supplies ensure plenty of good fresh microbes are available to populate the Cornerstone soil.

Burring continues to be the major chore along with spraying as cucs have been detected in the Jack-0-Lantern plants. Each node is getting Boi-Endo and fresh compost. Each vine section gets a good hearty drench of water with molasses or symspray 10x to feed the hungry little bastards and some soluble 10-8-8 from Agro-K. Time release 10-10-10 ferts are broadcast ahead of vine growth.

The 1446 Werner is right on track followed closely by the 898 Knauss and 1385 Jutras each should have now problem for prime pollination's. The 752* Landry and 1134 Landry are further behind and may be pollinated toward the end of the July 10th window.
 



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