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limitation on quantity. I think it will be best to see how it all needs to catch up to Larry's and mine. I have got a lot of
goes this winter. years on him!
As I said last time, I have given over the day-to-day On our propagation this year, Flo suggested we separate
running to Larry. I'm both impressed and happy about our 4 lines of misters into 2 lines of 2, each one controlled
how that is working out. I will admit it has shown me that by its own electronic leaf. As some cuttings were too
I was not as forward thinking as I had thought. My way of wet or too dry and didn’t do well. Adjusting each one
doing things had "hardened" a bit and I was falling back separately has helped in 2 ways. One of which is rarely
on ‘we will just do it the old way, as always.’ Yesterday, now do both go off at same time. That supplies full
Tim Witman was here to set our next spring order of bare pressure and the distance and coverage is increased
root trees and shrubs. It's always a pleasure to work with with a finer mist for fewer dry spots. The reason we had
Tim, he knows his business. I mostly sat back and listened a second electronic leaf on hand was when I ordered
to Larry and his son Robert, go over last year's order, the first one the company took my order and then said
and discuss additions and deletions. Robert did need "Oops its back ordered and there will be a 2-week delay".
to be given additional info for and against some of his I ordered another one from a different company because
suggestions. But that’s because his practical knowledge (continued on next page)

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