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Post by abacaxi on Nov 30, 2023 23:36:00 GMT -5
Just a grunt. And most of the time we were de-tasseling corn. Roguing was a relative rarity. (For VT Karen ... seed corn is almost always hybridized. To get it, they plant rows 3-wide -- first a row of the female parent plant, then a row of the male parent plant, then another row of the female parent. (Then a gap so people can walk down the rows). To ensure you get hybrid corn, you de-tassel the female plan before the pollen gets out. That limits the pollinator to the male parent plants in the middle of the 3-row sandwich. However... every now and then, you get a genetic oddity (rogue) in one line or the other. These show up as abnormal plants compared to all the other plants in the rows. (At Blaney, they were usually about 3-6 feet taller than the 5-7 foot tall plants.) You deal with these by breaking the plant off at the ground with your foot. That is "roguing." I still remember the first day detassling. All but like three of us brought plastic trash bags. We had no idea why they did that, but after the first pass, we were SOAKED, sticky, and miserable. Joined the Baggy Brigade next day. I'll never forget that first round through that field. So, so, so, so gunky and sticky and wet. We have many fields of seed corn in Hawaii-The business expanded in the mid-1970's after a corn blight hit the Continent. Somebody figured out that Hawaii was far enough away that it wasn't affected by the blight and had good growing weather. JT/Knapplc, who knows? The rows of corn you worked on might have have their start in Hawaii. I am not a corn expert, just remember the blight. |
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Post by knapplc on Nov 30, 2023 23:45:07 GMT -5
I still remember the first day detassling. All but like three of us brought plastic trash bags. We had no idea why they did that, but after the first pass, we were SOAKED, sticky, and miserable. Joined the Baggy Brigade next day. I'll never forget that first round through that field. So, so, so, so gunky and sticky and wet. We have many fields of seed corn in Hawaii-The business expanded in the mid-1970's after a corn blight hit the Continent. Somebody figured out that Hawaii was far enough away that it wasn't affected by the blight and had good growing weather. JT/Knapplc, who knows? The rows of corn you worked on might have have their start in Hawaii. I am not a corn expert, just remember the blight. Hawaii. Nebraska. We're basically the same. |
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Post by haw2991 on Nov 30, 2023 23:52:05 GMT -5
Full match
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Post by Courtside5 on Dec 1, 2023 0:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by wahinefan on Dec 1, 2023 0:03:54 GMT -5
What turned the match around for the Wahine, besides Tali Hakas being inserted into the match, the Wahine started just playing volleyball. By that, I mean, they stopped thinking and just started playing the sport of volleyball. When you do that, your reaction is so much quicker. You are not concerned about anything, like errors, you just go out and just play, let your volleyball instincts take over. That is the way the Wahine need to play against Oregon.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 1, 2023 0:04:31 GMT -5
What turned the match around for the Wahine, besides Tali Hakas being inserted into the match, the Wahine started just playing volleyball. By that, I mean, they stopped thinking and just started playing the sport of volleyball. When you do that, your reaction is so much quicker. You are not concerned about anything, like errors, you just go out and just play, let your volleyball instincts take over. That is the way the Wahine need to play against Oregon. So the wahine won a volleyball match cause they started playing volleyball? Mind = blown |
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Post by wahinefan on Dec 1, 2023 0:11:42 GMT -5
What turned the match around for the Wahine, besides Tali Hakas being inserted into the match, the Wahine started just playing volleyball. By that, I mean, they stopped thinking and just started playing the sport of volleyball. When you do that, your reaction is so much quicker. You are not concerned about anything, like errors, you just go out and just play, let your volleyball instincts take over. That is the way the Wahine need to play against Oregon. So the wahine won a volleyball match cause they started playing volleyball? Mind = blown You do not get what I mean. Just playing the sport of volleyball. When players do that, they are not really thinking about they are doing, they are just playing. Reaction time becomes much quicker. |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 1, 2023 0:20:07 GMT -5
So the wahine won a volleyball match cause they started playing volleyball? Mind = blown You do not get what I mean. Just playing the sport of volleyball. When players do that, they are not really thinking about they are doing, they are just playing. Reaction time becomes much quicker. I’m just being annoying. I know what you meant lol. |
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Post by Cy9008 on Dec 1, 2023 1:11:33 GMT -5
Don’t let the Cornhusker name fool you.
IOWA is the best/most corn producing state by a large margin. Nebraska may take our volleyball talent, but they can’t compare to the state of Iowa in corn!
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Post by Cy9008 on Dec 1, 2023 1:13:04 GMT -5
Also, would’ve have like to seen ISU at full strength against this Hawaii team with Wachholz and Stonestreet. But, even losing both starting middles, there’s hope for next year.
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Post by volleyman808 on Dec 1, 2023 1:27:38 GMT -5
just watched the match and glad we pulled it out with the win! We were "shank city" throughout the whole match, so we gotta make sure we're on our A-game as far as passing tomorrow. GO BOWS!
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Post by wahinefan on Dec 1, 2023 1:29:18 GMT -5
Also, would’ve have like to seen ISU at full strength against this Hawaii team with Wachholz and Stonestreet. But, even losing both starting middles, there’s hope for next year. ISU could very well be a Top 25 team next year, with the talent they have returning. |
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Post by kamaaina3261 on Dec 1, 2023 1:45:24 GMT -5
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Post by soljah808 on Dec 1, 2023 1:47:21 GMT -5
Also, would’ve have like to seen ISU at full strength against this Hawaii team with Wachholz and Stonestreet. But, even losing both starting middles, there’s hope for next year. I too would have liked to have seen that. Hawaii has produced many differing lineups this whole season. I'm glad the girls off the bench (Hakas, Lane, and Edmonds) could come on in and help keep the spark alive and ultimately prevail over the favored ISU squad. Best of luck to them. |
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Post by raian13 on Dec 1, 2023 1:48:16 GMT -5
ISU tried to adjust by setting more middle to take pressure off the pins but defense was able to adjust too. Riley is playing amazing after her bad start, glad Robyn didn't pull her tonight. Maybe Paula just wasn’t ready. I hope she’s not nursing an injury. |
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