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Old 04-30-2017, 04:44 PM
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Default Cleco Farm

Here's a photo of the spring's cleco crop here in Colorado. I'm anticipating a fine harvest.



You, too, can grow a robust field of clecos like this. It's easy. Anyone can do this. All you have to do is order an RV-3B fuselage kit, make a few simple modifications, and when you attach the F-326 aft bottom fuselage skin to the fuselage frame - just this single skin - you'll have it.

You can tell when it's ready for harvest, as a certain percentage of these will turn a rich coppery color.

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Old 04-30-2017, 05:28 PM
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Mine have proseal all over them. How do I prevent proseal from damaging my harvest?
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Old 04-30-2017, 05:35 PM
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If you get proseal on them, they won't germinate
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Old 04-30-2017, 06:14 PM
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Bah. Just exercise them some and keep using them, it'll work the crud out.
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Old 04-30-2017, 07:01 PM
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That is a beautiful crop. It suppose to snow tonight so I'm not going to start planting yet.... Darn cold Minnesota
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Old 04-30-2017, 07:17 PM
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Doing both rv9 wings at once. Have 800 clecos and wishing i had more . I am too poor to take a picture.
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Old 04-30-2017, 10:55 PM
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I just spent the day clecoing the horizontal stab skin its substructure of my RV 10. I had 650 clecos and ran out. That was a crop let me tell ya!
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Old 05-01-2017, 11:35 AM
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Bumper crop! Same amount on the other wing hiding in the background.

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Old 05-01-2017, 04:33 PM
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Default Cleko farm

Same here. 1,000 and I ran out on the two wings and tanks. Had to rob Peter to pay Paul and for the tanks.
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Old 05-01-2017, 05:10 PM
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Dave, I have some you can borrow in you need more.
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