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Post by jocelyn on Nov 25, 2016 13:52:32 GMT -5
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 25, 2016 13:43:11 GMT -5
Oh, oh, more pictures, huge grin. Kid in a candy store grin I've got some seed started again, in the house for the spring. Germination is a bit enthusiastic this year. When they go down in Feb, I'll put the tiny tubers in the fridge till the snow goes and plant them out in the spring. They get a decent size on them if you plant the pea sized tubers and they outgrow my chickens. Chickens sometimes get in the garden. Those bright yellow ones are very pretty.
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 25, 2016 13:07:36 GMT -5
OOOO, more pictures, even more fun. Who says you can't play wth your food? You've got a lot of round ones too, and lots of colours. I didn't know it was possible to have dark blue flesh with no purple tint to it...nice. Those bright yellow ones are nice too. How about russet skin, is that dominant too, anybody know...I had pooled seed this year, open pollinated, ans some russetted blue with white flesh showed up, also some russetted blue with purple flesh.....only russets were a big commercial white.....
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 25, 2016 11:40:29 GMT -5
Well, that's fun. I especially liked the pictures. I am new at this, and it gives me an idea of what size to expect in TPS first year tubers. I have been taking a thumbnail 'bite' out of the new tubers here, to see what they taste like and what colour the flesh turned out. I ate one that didn't taste good enough to keep, and kept two white fleshed russets that taste really nice. There is a round red too, nice red flesh, tastes good. Does it appear that round is dominant over long and skinny?
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 15, 2016 14:06:19 GMT -5
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 15, 2016 13:50:50 GMT -5
Not that bad, Cape Breton got most of it. The storm was east of us, so we got a good soaking, but nothing too bad. I was worried about wind bringing down my hand pollinated nuts, but they held on and will be viable quite soon. BC1 chestnuts, I hope. (backcrossed from Chinese to American, twice.) Burs keep opening with blank nuts, but some are large and green, so I may actually get a few.
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 15, 2016 8:59:52 GMT -5
Ok, this year's seedlings, all open pollinated
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 15, 2016 4:56:58 GMT -5
I'm new, and I just found this site when it was mentioned on another board. I grow spuds, daylilies, fruit, nuts and assorted vegies. I like growing from seed, as you don't know what you are going to get, and I like surprises.
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 14, 2016 10:19:45 GMT -5
Hi I'm new here. I have amarosa from eagle creek, and some seedballs.
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