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Post by steev on Sept 8, 2012 0:24:04 GMT -5
Quella (Chile) and Yukimochi (Japan) are setting seed.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 9, 2012 12:17:07 GMT -5
Steev, Neither my purple jamon or the wataribune are setting seed yet.
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Post by steev on Sept 9, 2012 23:43:30 GMT -5
Nor is my Purple Jomon, of which I only have two plants, I think.
One batch of Bhim Dahn croaked entirely, but I'm sure I have at least one other batch (I haven't checked all the tags, that being the only group that utterly fizzled).
Whatever happens, I've learned a bit and have seed for most of these for next year, so it's good, if not great.
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Post by steev on Sept 16, 2012 22:10:46 GMT -5
Furu-Wase Akane is setting seed.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 17, 2012 11:14:22 GMT -5
Hurray!
I saw some seeds on my rice too. I have only the 2 left, Purple Jamon and the Watari Bune.
I think my rice may need more water.
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Post by steev on Sept 17, 2012 21:42:05 GMT -5
Direct the guys to the rice patch; rice also likes nitrogen with its water.
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Post by steev on Sept 29, 2012 0:04:06 GMT -5
Kohishikari is setting seed.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 29, 2012 18:27:19 GMT -5
Steev, I've never found that the men folks take "direction". They are sort of like cats...they smile quite politely and then go off and do precisely what they want.
However, I do have a bucket of urine soaking charcoal that I may take over there. I've been working on my terra preta project all summer with every BBQ. I have found that by putting charcoal filled buckets around the farm behind strategic trees, they magically get filled.
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Post by steev on Sept 30, 2012 14:00:34 GMT -5
I'm starting to think my rices would seed up sooner if I stopped irrigating them; since I'm now racing cold weather, I think drying soil may be needed to goad them into maturity. They're harvesting rice out in the Valley. Think I have to take the chance of maybe succeeding against probably failing.
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 1, 2012 0:26:01 GMT -5
I finally see seeds. It's not going to be a grand harvest. I guess rice is not my best crop.
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Post by steev on Oct 3, 2012 23:06:30 GMT -5
I'm playing hooky to the farm tomorrow: I need to work there more than I need the potential money, so Thursday and Friday working for free will do me a world of good. I'll put valves in the irrigation lines so I can dry the rice bed. "Go to seed or perish" is the message. I don't expect a grand harvest, but I want more seed than I planted!
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Post by steev on Mar 16, 2013 0:48:33 GMT -5
I started "threshing" last year's seed (grinding betwen gloved hands). I'm not happy; seems a lot of empty husks. I have seed reserved from last year, if it comes to that, but I would have preferred seed increase, at least. Oh, well, I'll report to the NCGR that "better luck next year" and try again. Foo. Crap-o-rama!
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 16, 2013 12:22:04 GMT -5
Steev, I've given up on upland rice. I hope you have better luck.
This year I am planting more sorghum and Basri - Pennisetum glaucum
Which I knew nothing about. It is described in a whole chapter of the book "Lost Crops of Africa" volume 1, which is online available for free by the publisher "National Academies Press".
I think this would grow really well for you too. I did millet last year, and it did fine. The flax I planted actually reseeded itself, so I'm thinking of doing more of this as well!
If it would only rain!
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Post by steev on Mar 17, 2013 20:40:59 GMT -5
I'm also planting more sorghum.
I'll not get into millet unless I decide to for critter chow; it has a bitterish taste to me.
I've got Suffolk flax just out of the hot-box, sprouted.
Got to get the rices seeded ASAP.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 17, 2013 20:59:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't like to eat it, but I do love my chicken eggs!
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