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Chch Club hunt this Sunday......
madsonicboating  
Posted : Friday, 16 November 2012 11:43:08 PM(UTC)
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yep. It's the plugs that will do us all in. Intentional damage can be used then.
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Posted : Sunday, 18 November 2012 9:16:48 AM(UTC)
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Inverted pyramid/cone plugs do not stay in the ground very well. PLEASE stop doing them.


Yep.....totally agree with you oroplata........very noticeable that some previously cut plugs had been done on the angle.
Another thing that will help keep us under the radar, is to make sure that when you cut the plug, that you always leave a small slice of the circle uncut. You can then "flip" the plug over leaving a grass/root attachment. This speeds up the plugs' healing process no end and also provides an extra gravity point to help keep the plug in place. It also helps to prevent the dreaded "circle of death" from the drying out process.
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Posted : Sunday, 18 November 2012 11:21:31 AM(UTC)
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Yes! I forgot to mention that.

I always start at the bottom of the circle, then go anti-clockwise around to the top, leaving the left hand of the circle incomplete, then pop the clod over to my left hand side.
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Posted : Sunday, 18 November 2012 11:25:55 AM(UTC)
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lol I use all 115kg's to stomp that bugger back in.....who ate all the pies...me!
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Posted : Sunday, 18 November 2012 11:42:55 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: oroplata Go to Quoted Post

Yes! I forgot to mention that.

I always start at the bottom of the circle, then go anti-clockwise around to the top, leaving the left hand of the circle incomplete, then pop the clod over to my left hand side.



Ha. I start a verticle cut at 10 o'clock, cut round to 2 o'clock levering a little as I go .Then
insert the Lesche at 6 and flip it out. Retrieve the sov then backfill the loose, flip the plug back and always a good
stomp on it when I stand up. Well it's not always a sov. but it's good to practice in case.

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