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Post by jocelyn on Nov 26, 2023 14:57:32 GMT -5
2 hits of the hard rind gene plus the warty gene helps a lot. it's not fool proof, but decidedly helps.
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Post by jocelyn on Jul 8, 2021 5:39:23 GMT -5
It has been very humid here, but no rain. Rain only the last few days. Now we are expecting a tropical storm, so probably LOTs of rain. I bought a zygocactus in the mail, and it had some small injuries from going through the mail. It got rot, even though I was not misting it, just from the humidity. I ended up cutting the damaged bit off, and that worked. My squash are partly cooked from the heat, leaves are pale and growth is very slow. The approaching storm will break the heat wave, which will be very nice. The strawberries are pretty tasteless from the heat.
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Post by jocelyn on Jan 25, 2021 9:44:34 GMT -5
It doesn't have to be fancy, feed bag string from your pocket will do.
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Post by jocelyn on Jan 25, 2021 9:37:07 GMT -5
You can always tie some yarn around both the male and female flowers that you want to use for parents the night before they open. Untie, cross, and re tie the female. I usually just pick the tied male and untie it when I'm at the female and use it like a paint brush to coat the frilly bit in the middle of the female. If had them both tied, the bees won't raid the male's pollen, and the female won't get other pollen besides what you used. Once the bloom fades, you can transfer the yarn to a loose tie around the stem of the pollinated baby fruit. You don't need any isolation distance if you do that....just yarn, grin.
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Post by jocelyn on Jan 23, 2021 7:48:09 GMT -5
Thankyou so much. I think I'm back
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Post by jocelyn on Jan 21, 2021 18:45:16 GMT -5
My pei.sympatico.ca account is so messed up I've had to abandon it. How do I change my e-mail to the new one?
Jocelyn
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Post by jocelyn on Sept 29, 2020 13:09:59 GMT -5
I think a prudent person would wear a mask, wash their hands, and eat well....get enough sleep too. I'm making another batch of rosehip jam today, there are lots of yummies with Vitamin C in them, so eat up, grin.
I don't take suppliments, but we do grow a lot of what we eat, and I always have good bloodwork. I'm old, well, not as old as Steve, grin, but old enough that they won't believe me at first when I get my shots updated and they ask what meds I'm on...none. They go down their list, and nope, nope, not that one either, grin....you get the idea. Some might be just good luck with family genetics, but some might be cooking from scratch, and growing some of that. Gardens give both exercise and Vitamin D, plus the good food and a chance to trade seeds with your more local buddies, it's all good.
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Post by jocelyn on Sept 15, 2020 10:52:00 GMT -5
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Post by jocelyn on Sept 5, 2020 14:51:04 GMT -5
DarJones might, but I don't. Where you live might dictate what resistances you need. I haven't had early blight here.
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Post by jocelyn on Sept 2, 2020 15:21:18 GMT -5
I don't know how many generations, I've lost track. Yes, more uniform, untill I cross in something else, grin. I rather like variations, as long as they are blight resistant. I can always self a plant or two to set traits if I want.
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 31, 2020 14:27:33 GMT -5
Yes, I get some indeterminate ones from the crosses. That's why I use the defiant, because it's a bush type and any crosses will be tall if I use, say Cherokee Purple, as the other parent. If you nip the sepals off with your fingernail the night before, just nip them off straight across, then you can pluck a petal or two to get at the anther cone and just pull it off. Hold the stem though, so you don't pull the FLOWER off.
As to the tomatoes, some bigger, some smaller, some early-ish, some average ripening time, all are red, most are tangy, some quite so, some are sweet and flavourless, but not many. They tend to small salad sized, a bit bigger than cherry tomatoes, unless you had grown them crossed. Shape is a slightly flat globe, usually.
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 21, 2020 11:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 19, 2020 17:43:05 GMT -5
There are genes for stripes, but you will need to cross in a striped squash. it can be green and silver, green and orange, as long as it's striped. link for stripes i.postimg.cc/Px1vv1Yq/assorted-2017.jpg
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 19, 2020 10:56:01 GMT -5
Yes, you can. it will just take a little longer.
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 19, 2020 9:29:45 GMT -5
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