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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 24, 2019 14:05:07 GMT -5
Just an idea: Wouldn`t it be helpful to cross diploperennis to tripsacum to get an cold tolerant perennial plant to cross with maize afterwards? I found a paper saying such hybrids withstand 0F for 3 or 4 days were perennial and drought tolerant. Just an idea. I have no space and time to do it. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02862921
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 17, 2019 14:11:46 GMT -5
Fairy Hollow harvest. (They are probably not a F3...) These are the edible ones. I lost most seeds of the other type (the green more habro like ones) while washing them in a sieve. They are so tiny
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 17, 2019 13:08:23 GMT -5
Next year I will direct seed unsoaked seeds. Normally we are not in an arid area at all but in 2018 we had nearly no rain after March. 2019 there was more rain but the ground was so dry that it didn`t really help. I have sandy ground in my garden it dries out very fast even in wetter years. In normal years we have plenty of rain in summer this was the first really drought which deserves this name since decades. Now it is raining again and I already miss the sun
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Luffa
Oct 14, 2019 13:08:10 GMT -5
Post by imgrimmer on Oct 14, 2019 13:08:10 GMT -5
sad news, the seeds were too unripe. maybe 1 or 2 have a chance to ripen somehow. only the fruit with the sweet fruit flesh could still succeed. fingers crossed.
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 14, 2019 13:05:30 GMT -5
The germination of all plants was very irregular this year due to the drought. I made the mistake and soaked the seeds in water before sowing. I thought this would give them a quicker start. They probably dried out after that. Who knows..... I will look at the patch next year.
Yesterday I found more fruit. They were covered by weeds.
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 8, 2019 3:40:17 GMT -5
many hundred seeds --> around 20 plants---> 11 fruits my first year with more than only 1 fruit...
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Luffa
Oct 7, 2019 5:51:39 GMT -5
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 7, 2019 5:51:39 GMT -5
First harvest of Luffa Gourds. Direct sown and no protection. We had the first frost last night so I picked them. Luckily the seeds are ripe. One fruit I picked earlier had a light sweet taste like melons. These on the picture are of bland taste.
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 7, 2019 5:27:05 GMT -5
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 26, 2019 2:54:36 GMT -5
I tasted only an unripe Citron x Watermelon cross that tasted like a sweet cucumber. Very nice. And a ripe Carosello that tasted a bit less sweet melon. I let the other fruits on the vines as long as possible to be sure as many as possible seeds are ripe.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 25, 2019 7:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 16, 2019 11:26:52 GMT -5
Today I picked the first ripe direct seeded Barattiere or Carosello ( round armenian cucumber). There was a long armenian cucumber but snails ate it before it got ripe.
There are more to come. My own landrace is on its way Watermelons should be ripe too but I am afraid they might not. Can`t judge it.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 13, 2019 1:20:47 GMT -5
I guess this one is ripe this is how fruits detach from the plant Fruits on the yellow one doesn`t break off like that. They behave like any domestic variety but are hard to detach even when ripe and soft. I checked my notes both plants the yellow and the more hab like plant are from Josephs autogamous F3 selection. Mine are segregating too. A big minus is that they are very susceptical to (probably) early blight. Other lines struggle too but not as much as these. Early blight is very severe this season but late blight is still nearly absent.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 12, 2019 0:52:39 GMT -5
the top one is unripe. It is the plant that had pollination issues, it has excerted stigmatas. The yellow one is a selfing type. Taste is different from domestic the smell of the leaves too. Both came from Josephs supposed autogamous hab hybrid seeds.Judged by the leaves they are siblings. I have some more plants which are like the green one. I haven`t had fruits of habrochaites or its crosses before, (pure habrochaites didn`t set fruit last year)so I can`t compare it. The yellow ones are soft but hard to detach when ripe. Do have pictures of yours?
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 11, 2019 14:58:35 GMT -5
I usually throw all pepper seeds into the bed to test if they can survive winter. So far no seedling showed up. But these are grocery varieties, suitable for greenhouse cultivation. Might be different with other varieties. It is a plan for the future to breed a sweet pepper landrace in best case able to volunteer. I have many Canoncito this year. They are not as early as they should be but reasonably short seasoned enough. Made first the cross pollinations, time will tell what comes out.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 11, 2019 3:47:32 GMT -5
At least you found some How cold does it get in your area in winter? You are in SoCal right?
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