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Post by steev on Nov 26, 2012 16:44:41 GMT -5
My shrub, 6-7 years planted, is dropping it's leaves for Winter. As I passed it Saturday, I saw that it had fruited for the first time; I ate the whole crop, all one of it. Interesting; I look forward to larger crops, and will plant the seed from this one. It gives me hope that my Service Tree will also eventually produce, maybe even my Autumn Olive!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 16:07:31 GMT -5
My Eleagnus seeds have always rotted, no matter how many I bought, or where they were planted. Do they tend to be infertile, so that you would propagate via cutting or divisions?
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Post by steev on Nov 27, 2012 21:30:20 GMT -5
I have no clue about the seed; I have it, so I'll give it a shot; what's one more pot in which nothing ever grows? Having now eaten an acceptable fruit, I'll probably air-layer, in the unlikely event that I have nothing else to do that's more pressing and productive.
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Post by ferdzy on Nov 28, 2012 8:32:35 GMT -5
I was startled to see this post as I had never heard of the trebizond date before. However, I spent yesterday researching our (hopefully) upcoming trip to Turkey and Trabzon is one of the places we would like to go. I was sure they didn't have dates though; it's a wet and somewhat snowy place in the winter. And sure enough, it isn't really one.
Thank you! Learn something new every day, and I will keep my eye out for them now.
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Post by steev on Nov 29, 2012 21:06:53 GMT -5
I so envy your trip (hopeful) to Turkey; please bring back lots of cool stuff, if possible. I suppose it's late for melons, but "winter" types and types that are dried for keeping? I'd be interested even in just the names, as that would expand my understanding of varieties I may already have.
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Post by ferdzy on Nov 30, 2012 10:54:22 GMT -5
Steev, I intend to hunt down seeds like a like a deer on the track of snow-peas. The interior of Turkey has a climate much like southern Ontario. Although it doesn't look like we are going to Trabzon; I decided that the Black Sea Coast in winter didn't have that much to recommend itself. However, I hope to get to Beypazari, which grows 60% to 70% of Turkey's carrots (probably mostly modern hybrids, but still, I will keep my nose to the ground for sure). And if I find interesting seeds I will definitely stock up with a view to sharing.
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Post by steev on Apr 14, 2013 11:58:49 GMT -5
I noted yesterday that my Trebizond Date, which is leafing out, has a flower bud at every leaf; I don't recall how it was last year, but maybe this is going to be a bumper crop.
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