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Post by diane on Sept 21, 2012 18:48:07 GMT -5
There are leaf radishes that don't make big roots. Maybe you got some of them in error.
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Post by diane on Sept 20, 2012 18:35:45 GMT -5
I made a zucchini cross this year and don't know how to tell when the result will have ripe seeds.
I just pollinated one flower, so do not have a sacrificial zucchini. I'll just have one chance.
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Post by diane on Sept 13, 2012 22:33:33 GMT -5
Mine all have berries but the plants are still green and still flowering prolifically.
I want to get some winter crops planted where they are, but they look as though they are going to go on forever.
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Post by diane on Sept 13, 2012 18:01:47 GMT -5
hydrogen peroxide?
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Post by diane on Sept 12, 2012 20:00:32 GMT -5
Practise first with cuttings you don't mind losing. Put them in an envelope, or however you plan to send them, but leave them in your house for the length of time it will take for the mail. Then see how they have survived.
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Post by diane on Sept 12, 2012 0:30:06 GMT -5
What is your area's succession of plants after a disturbance?
Here alder (Alnus spp) are the first trees that grow when forests are cut. The alders have nitrogen-fixing nodules on their roots (like peas and beans) and can grow in poor soils. Conifers follow the alders, which die when the conifers grow very tall and shade them too much.
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Post by diane on Sept 3, 2012 20:00:38 GMT -5
I just tossed out a Sibley that I think was grown in 2010. Many kinds of squash stay good for well over a year for me, so I don't grow them every year (or I grow different kinds.)
Starting next year I am going to scar the date onto my squash so I can keep track of how old they are.
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Post by diane on Sept 3, 2012 0:03:13 GMT -5
Very few people here in British Columbia (Canada) would know what a 'fava' is, though many people grow them. They are called 'broad beans' here. Maybe your neighbours have a different name for them.
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Post by diane on Aug 27, 2012 22:48:40 GMT -5
I think I have one kind of fava that wants to be a perennial. I will have to test to see if this is true. It is Sweet Lorane, bred by Steve Solomon. It produces pods, then when they dry, it grows again from the roots, just like peas do, and produces another crop. I noticed this last year and it is happening again, but I don't know whether it is the same plant.
I will sow some of the seeds from the current one, in an area that has never grown them before, and will keep track of what exactly happens.
I will be sowing about 16 kinds of favas this fall, mostly from Jim Ternier in Saskatchewan.
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Post by diane on Aug 22, 2012 23:36:54 GMT -5
Thanks, Ray.
Then, I will need to know how to distinguish the next generation.
I'm just amazed that I can grow three generations in a year (or maybe even four.)
I can remember talking to a breeder (of what, I've long since forgotten) who grew one generation in Canada and the second in Costa Rica. It would be fun to go to Costa Rica, but sure is a lot cheaper doing it all at home.
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Post by diane on Aug 22, 2012 23:32:13 GMT -5
Even when my purple potatoes are near the surface, I have never been able to tell if they have 'greened'.
Do they change colour some other way if they have been exposed to light?
Do I need to pay attention as I'm digging and just throw out any that are at the surface?
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Post by diane on Aug 22, 2012 23:24:42 GMT -5
I crossed some purple, yellow and green snap and snow peas in the spring, germinated the seeds while they were still green, and now have pods.
I want to keep all the seeds for growing the next generation. Is there a way I can tell what type of pods I've got without destroying them?
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Post by diane on Jun 7, 2012 23:17:04 GMT -5
Violet flowers or leaves?
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Post by diane on May 30, 2012 23:39:23 GMT -5
I sow mine in August, except I don't have to sow very often. I cut off the huge stalk that produced in February and March, and new shoots come up for the following year. I've had plants keep going for years. The current plants I think are four years old.
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Post by diane on May 27, 2012 23:31:26 GMT -5
I've read that fresh peas can be germinated - they don't need to dry out first. At what point can they grow? When the pod gets leathery, when the peas are too mature to be good eating, or
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