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Post by mayz on Aug 8, 2012 4:57:25 GMT -5
Given my understanding of genetics nomenclature is sketchy, does this mean there are 4 possibilities at that locus - Pur, pur<a, pur<b, and pur? T four ones known, probably more
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Post by mayz on Aug 8, 2012 4:26:32 GMT -5
Should i be seeing segregation in the seed? I thought seed coat was a maternal characteristic, but I must say I'm not really clear on this. In corn, I see segregation in the seed-coat. I think that this is primarily due to interactions with the underlying triploid and diploid layers which are different than the maternal genetics of the seed coat. For example: I see segregation of seed-coat thickness based on the genetics of the embryo. And, if the endosperm changes size a lot while drying and is tightly attached to a somewhat thin elastic seed-coat, then the seed coat is likely to wrinkle to match the underlying endosperm. I see this in corn. I think that peas may be similar. Note there's a difference as corn has albuminated seeds and pea has exalbuminated seeds (there isn't triploid tissue in mature seeds of pea) With two recessive alleles of R or Rb less starch is produced than normal. The cotyledons shrink during drying, and the seed coat wrinkles. So "wrinkled seeds" trait is linked to the genotype of embryo.
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Post by mayz on Aug 2, 2012 7:38:30 GMT -5
72 day Sugar Pearl Hybrid Sweet Corn. The "days to maturity" is probably a usefull clue with the hot summer of USA. But in fresh summer, the "days to maturity" scale makes no sense as it takes nearly 110 days to have an ear at milky stage from a 72 days sweet corn. On the net I found that 84 days = 1428 heat units so a day = 17GDD in the US growing season and a day = 11GDD in the northern european growing season.
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Post by mayz on Aug 1, 2012 5:04:39 GMT -5
today full sun 28°C this night thunderstorms
I'va co dracher (wallon expression to say "It's again going to piss down")
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Post by mayz on Aug 1, 2012 4:46:44 GMT -5
Direct Seed, 72 day Sugar Pearl Hybrid Sweet Corn. The ears are always a little smaller this late, and sometimes we get a frost. But most years there just enough time and heat to get a last gasp of sweet corn. I found a 5-year old batch of EarlyJune sweetcorn. So I sown few A sowing of early june in early augustus, that's not a joke... If it sprouts I will see if it can ripe before november nothing tempted anything of gained
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Post by mayz on Jul 30, 2012 6:25:31 GMT -5
germinated pea in the pods is a common problem with my humid summer. If the pod begins to dry and next is rehydrated by several days of rain then the seeds germinate readily.
Usually I collect my pea when the pods was "dry". Inside I let them dry in the pod during 2-3 weeks before shelling.
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Post by mayz on Jul 30, 2012 6:16:27 GMT -5
Here with 88°F the weather becomes tropical and the thunderstorms come in the 24 hours. So no problem with hot weather...my last week sowing of corn salad germinated well...no problem with drought as we received 4 inches of rain in july (17 days of rain). But that's to late for a sowing of corn.
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Post by mayz on Jul 28, 2012 3:40:37 GMT -5
A pic of a west european hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in my garden. This animal eats enormous quantities of slugs, snails and insects in order to make fat before winter. In spring it weights around 600g and reaches 2000g in autumn. Imagine I weight 60kg and reach 200kg 6 months later (nearly 1kg per day!!!). Fortunately I don't eat slugs An indispensable ally here Attachments:
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Post by mayz on Jul 28, 2012 3:15:14 GMT -5
I'm wondering if such two crop figs could also be responsible for the odd figs I have seen for sale in some Middle eastern supermarkets, figs which are very small (maybe the size of a large grape) rock hard (in dried from, I've seen them sold in syrup as well),sort of tan (again dried, the ensyruped ones are green) bone dry and not particualrly sweet. Oringally I though these might be simpy some sort of very tiny fig I was not familiar with, or maybe figs that were dried or candied while nout fully ripe. but while looking at Drahkk's picture, I'm now wondering if these are second crop figs from a two crop type whose second crop is not particualy good (and are sold more for making full use of all edible parts than any particualr merit to the fruit itself.) Is there seeds inside? The first figs are seedless (that's why we call it flower fig) and usually less sweet but very good The second figs are seedy and more sweet There is a third fig. That's the figs growing on "caprifiguier" (i don't know the english word, may be "male fig tree"). These figs are usually (some rare cultivars are edible) dry, not sweet and full of stamens and short pistillate flowers.
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Post by mayz on Jul 27, 2012 8:25:47 GMT -5
If the winter is too cold the first figs can freeze so some years the first crop is destroyed
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Post by mayz on Jul 27, 2012 7:21:41 GMT -5
Hi Drahkk
That's a common feature of Ficus carica. Here Fig tree is divided in two classes:
one crop in augustus-september ("unifère")
double crop ("bifère") with the first crop in june and second one in augustus-september. The first figs can be bigger and they are named "figue-fleur"
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Post by mayz on Jul 27, 2012 2:33:20 GMT -5
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Post by mayz on Jul 26, 2012 11:12:01 GMT -5
Sometimes I see bumblebees in the flowers of my beans. Are the bumblebees able to cross pollinate beans? I don't know it.
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Post by mayz on Jul 26, 2012 6:23:06 GMT -5
today full sun 90°F tomorrow thunderstorm
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Post by mayz on Jul 26, 2012 6:21:23 GMT -5
I just prefer to work my butt off in the garden and I'm satisfied with foods unadorned, same as women. Steev, I agree with you I like cooking but to eat a fruit out of hand is a unique pleasure.
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