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Post by diane on Apr 19, 2019 22:12:45 GMT -5
Only some species of Berberis and Mahonia are allowed to be grown in the U.S. and Canada because some of them can serve as an alternate host to stem rust of wheat and barley.
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Post by diane on Apr 11, 2019 11:48:41 GMT -5
I just received seeds of "Purple Passion Hybrids" from Andrew, which suggests that no name has been decided upon.
Or are these different hybrids?
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Post by diane on Mar 23, 2019 10:36:26 GMT -5
Do you know whether Issai fruit are being exported, Steve? I could look for some here if they are sold by name, like NZ apples are.
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Post by diane on Mar 16, 2019 19:31:53 GMT -5
I planted some last fall but have only four small plants now. I did not record how many I planted, but certainly at least two or three times that many. Not very cold hardy.
I have much better success with overwintering cauliflowers.
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Post by diane on Feb 28, 2019 19:32:30 GMT -5
Yes, I received some seeds of Make My Day from Bill Minkey.
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Post by diane on Feb 28, 2019 18:35:59 GMT -5
Well, sun is a rarity over here on the wet coast, so an LED light set-up is what I use.
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Post by diane on Feb 25, 2019 21:57:47 GMT -5
A snippet from Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation by Gary Paul Nabhan:
As late as 1908, the Iroquois nations of upstate New York were growing no less than sixty varieties of beans, including Cornstalk, Wild Goose, Marrowfat, Hummingbird, Wampum, plus Kidneys and Cranberries of several colors. Their seasonal festivals included a Green Bean Ceremony.
Today the Green Bean Ceremony is but a memory, and most of the sixty Iroquois beans are gone. Gone too are most of the 260 other kinds of common beans found on the thousands of small farms which once dotted New York.
================================== He also mentions John Withee who collected beans, but there is a lot of information about him online so I won't copy any here.
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Post by diane on Feb 24, 2019 17:59:39 GMT -5
Thanks for that link. I've just spent a couple of hours reading a bit of her blog - not just about tomatoes, but growing greens in winter, pruning grapes, planting the best primocane raspberries, vegetarian recipes ..........etc. And NO ads! A good resource, which I have bookmarked.
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Post by diane on Feb 20, 2019 20:41:28 GMT -5
My 10 year old grandson William noticed that the kiwi fruit he was eating had tiny black seeds in it, so he scraped some out and now has a pot of seedlings.
I have no idea how many years it will take for them to produce fruit.
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Post by diane on Feb 20, 2019 15:22:24 GMT -5
That's an interesting website. I've just read about the effort they put into getting cauliflower seed.
And they are still selling Little Greenseed from the Long Island Seed Project - a naked-seed pumpkin. I will have to buy some as the seeds I have are from 2010. I have not succeeded with them yet, but will continue trying.
Diane
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Post by diane on Feb 20, 2019 12:29:31 GMT -5
Welcome from another coastal grower. We are fortunate to have not just regional seed companies, but also breeders, like Frank Morton at Wild Garden Seeds, who sells breeder's mixes that we can select from.
Do you have such a resource, or will you be the first?
Diane
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Post by diane on Feb 14, 2019 18:51:30 GMT -5
I sent her an order plus U.S. cash last summer. It must not have arrived in time for her deadline, so I haven't received any seeds yet.
I hope I will get some this month, as Carol sends out seeds starting in February.
If I'm lucky, I will be able to share.
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Post by diane on Feb 14, 2019 11:41:12 GMT -5
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Post by diane on Feb 13, 2019 20:21:42 GMT -5
Are the colours linked to taste?
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Post by diane on Feb 3, 2019 0:40:59 GMT -5
Maybe up North?
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