 Our field is hanging on, even though we've had several days with
temperatures over 100 F. The plants still have a good green
color.
 The back of the heads continue to turn yellow, but the bracts are mostly
green. This plant is still in the R8 stage of maturity.
 This seed is well developed and it's not as white as the seed we saw last
week.
 There a couple of things to see in this picture. Those soil cracks
indicate we're experiencing severe drought conditions. It's amazing
the plants aren't showing more drought symptoms. The other item is that
little velvetleaf plant in the shadows on the left side. It would
appear that we didn't get every weed in the field! That weed isn't
doing any damage. It emerged late and it is being out-competed by the
sunflower plants.
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Our field is hanging on, even though we've had several days with
temperatures over 100 F. The plants still have a good green
color. 
