Thank you so much @wayno - I am really happy with this grow so far - I am hoping our hurricane season is less windy here - 
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Im sure that’s right ! You have some Large ladies there to stand up to a hurricane !
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Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. I just love outdoor. Yours there’s mine, all of it. The plants get bigger and are just spectacular. It’s very apparent you enjoy this just as much as me. 
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oh wow! they look phenomenal!
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Thank you so much @happilyretired and @OlyBoy
I very much enjoy my garden AND appreciating your’s and other’s - I learn so much here and another forum I belong to -
Outdoors is the BEST - I wish I could do it all year long but I live in Connecticut and that’s not possible - There is NOTHING like the Sun, the rain, the wind and the earth for a plant to fully express herself in the most beautiful of ways…
I am buttoning down the hatches as we might get an early hurricane this weekend and high winds are not my friend…
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This is the latest tracking and we are right smack dab in the middle of the red blob over Long Island and Connecticut
I am standing in the west and facing east and blowing as hard as I can to move this storm to the east and out to sea - that’s my prayer
But just in case…
Alice Nicole is the only photo that I never topped so she gets to be tied in the mid-stem
everyone else is tied as best they could = I put metal stakes through most of the bags and into the ground so there should be some resistance
The smaller plants I will move under the gazebo where they are sheltered from the winds -
Thank you for your kind thoughts - I better get back to blowing to the east
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stay safe brother…prayers and good vibes… 
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Thank you @Arrow
We get some nasty storms here so we are pretty well prepared for the normal stuff like losing electricity (and water etc.) but my GARDEN is another story - last year I only had 2 photos that got to be about 5 and 6 ft tall but this year - oiy vey 
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Im with you @ravenchief , Im just south of Boston. Our potted plants can be brought in, not so much with the plants in the ground. Good luck!!!
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You have done a fine job of shoring everything up Raven !
Thats allot of work
Good job, Good Luck ! Stay strong… Let 'er blow !
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Looks like damn fine work. Amazing what we will do to protect our plants. They are not as important as you and family though. All you be safe…
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Thank you so much @bow4buck - I hope it works
Another precaution that @kapouic and I thought was a good idea was to lessen the footprint of the branching width - so I tied them up like a Christmas Tree - I tied them so there was play in it - Tomorrow I may tighten them to pull them closer to the center - I didn;t want to make things too rigid and start snapping things
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Thank you for all your good wishes - I am very sure that they will help…
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Actually like that idea. Kinda all branches supported by one another. Actually great idea…
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Would something like this help too perhaps? With padding around the wrapping materials you would use…
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Thanks @Slym3r
I topped all the big girls very early so there is no central stem to anchor like that unfortunately.
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Like around the middle of the plant with a towel around it first so it’s doesn’t cut into her… Like right before the storm…
Idk it might be to much lol.
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Im sick of trimming also. Im ready to buy the centurion pro table top!
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