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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 27, 2014 17:55:56 GMT -5
I guess I'll be looking to make them more winter hardy or quicker to mature. By 'winter hardy' do you many that you cant leave the bulbs in the ground over winter?? Yes, winters in my area can get as cold as -20f/-28c. It might just be wishful thinking but still interesting to try sometime in the future.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 27, 2014 11:55:51 GMT -5
Second to the largest melon for this year, a 7.5 lb red fleshed one, good sugar content and excellent flavor. Here is what my seed grown Amaryllis start look like after their first summer.
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Post by ethin on Sept 27, 2014 11:47:54 GMT -5
richardw they're from commercial stock. Nothing too fancy, mostly solid colors, I guess I'll be looking to make them more winter hardy or quicker to mature. I only have 12 corms but one of my sister has a couple hundred so I should be able to get some more genetic material from her.
When I bought them this spring I was already planing to breed them, mid season I found you thread here about your work with them which raised my enthusiasm.
Good work, those are so brilliant combinations you've come up with!
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 27, 2014 11:25:42 GMT -5
Your welcome Joseph, it was good to meet you.
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ethin
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Post by ethin on Sept 26, 2014 13:56:08 GMT -5
Thanks philagardener. I saw it on a seed website under wildflowers listed as Rock Soapwort, I did an image search on google with that name but none of the results looked like what I have, so I was not sure. Yes it does grow well, it spreads slowly but readily and is hard to remove once established, the clump in the photos are growing in a juniper tam with hardly any irrigation.
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Post by ethin on Sept 25, 2014 21:14:43 GMT -5
That is if I can find a semi-permanent site for them, but yes next year should be good.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 18, 2014 15:22:43 GMT -5
Harvested the second seed Tomato for this year, a 12 oz canning/slicer, the first ripe fruit from a direct sown plant. The plant has a few good traits, healthy, vigorous, good sized fruit, and split anther cones.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 12, 2014 14:18:16 GMT -5
Got down to 39 F(3 C) here last night, no noticeable damage to the garden, temps look good for the next week or so. Harvested a 8.5 oz sweet bell pepper that I had been saving for seed.
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 9, 2014 20:28:44 GMT -5
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ethin
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Post by ethin on Sept 8, 2014 18:07:26 GMT -5
Harvested what looks to be my garden's largest watermelon for 2014, an 8 lb Yellow Doll. I would have let it be for a few more days but it started raining.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Sept 5, 2014 23:41:11 GMT -5
Picked some of the sweet corn that was left for seed so it could finish drying indoors. Threshed some lentils. Mowed down the weeds that had taken over the paths in the raspberry patch. Ate a watermelon (beast method of seed collection ever!), 4 down a dozen and a half to go.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Aug 29, 2014 0:11:19 GMT -5
Harvested a watermelon earlier this week, the tendril had been dry for about a week but it was still a week or so from being ripe, still tasted good though and half the seeds look viable.
Had to trim back the cosmos some so I could get to the cumbers.
Picked the pear tree today, got a bushel and a half.
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Aug 21, 2014 13:29:48 GMT -5
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ethin
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Plant Breeder and Graphic Designer in Cache Valley Utah, USDA Zone 4b
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Post by ethin on Aug 20, 2014 9:30:44 GMT -5
Nope, just a cat print, the foot must of slid elongating the toe marks and causing the animal to extend it's claws.
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