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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Forecast is for showers and drizzle the next 2 days. Next week looks warm, but humid. Warm, humid autumn weather in this neck of the woods means morning fog. Bud rot started making an appearance the last 2 days. Decided to chop the girls and hung them in the shed a couple hours ago. Weed...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    It’s been a damp, humid week with a couple of nights with rain showers. Dry nights had tons of dew and some fog. Mostly cloudy during the day. There is another chance of rain or showers this weekend. Cut three branches off shorty today due to rot. First Rot I’ve found thus far on either...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Weather looking better, knock on wood
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Ended up removing 2 small branches on the small plant and a larger branch on the bigger plant from storm damage. Added several more stakes and a bunch of ties to keep sagging lower branches off the ground. Was planning on harvest mid Oct or later, so don’t know if the branches I deadlined will...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Ugh. The weather this year has been insane. 3 inches of rain from a severe storm today. Got some cleanup to do.
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Monthly check in. Was able to keep the big girl around 6’6” by topping. Big canopy. Definitely would have been taller than 8’ without topping. Shorty ended up around 5’. Hurricane remnants and storms crushed my corn. Letting weeds and stuff grow in the area, along with the sunflowers and...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Shorty keeps running into trouble. She burst through her yellowing and stunted stage post transplant, and started thriving. Then, Several weeks ago something was digging next to her roots and she tipped over. I filled in the hole and watered, and she straightened back up in the hot sun...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Corn helps conceal the plants. This corn is bi color Ambrosia. It only gets about 6 to 6.5 feet tall, so something like Silver King or Queen that gets to 8 feet is better for concealment, but I like the Ambrosia better for eating. I also grow sunflowers at the end of the rows. Next to the...
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    2 months old now, 1 month in the dirt. One girl had some stunting and yellowing issues after transplant, the other took right off. Shorty has greened up and ought to start taking off. Tall girl going to be topped today, need to keep her below the corn.
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    1 month old girls, about to go into the dirt
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Nice. I read it’s a hardy strain.
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    Nine Pound Hammer

    Has anyone here grown 9 LB Hammer outside? How did it go?
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