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Post by canadamike on Nov 23, 2008 18:50:07 GMT -5
Here is an interesting site on wild straberries. The guy also sells a big variety of them, probably the most varieties there are around. Only sells plants though... www.muskstrawberries.com/index.htmThere is also a guy that is very knowledgeable with fruit genetics, he calls himself Evil Fruit Lord and both his blog and forum are called The fruit blog. The problem is there are only 6 members after a couple of years, the place is always empty. I registered and posted, sent him e-mails and never got an answer. This blog is probably the most informative I have seen, the guy is into chromosomes, ploidy, alleles, loci, and so on. I invited him here, as at last he would find kindred spirits, but got no answer. Go check there please, people, and register. He might react to a fresh infusion of friends. He sure would be welcomed here and would make an incredible addition to the group. thefruitblog.blogspot.com/Lets harass him until he joins!! ;D |
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Post by evilfruitlord on Dec 15, 2008 0:21:10 GMT -5
All right, all right...here I am.
Sorry not to respond to your entreaties...I have to confess I don't spend much time looking at the forums, because, as you've noted, they are utterly, completely, dead. (Also, somewhere along the line I stopped getting notified when people post...) I don't think I've seen any of the e-mails, though. I wonder if you look especially like spam for some reason?
I haven't done too much with the site lately, sadly...real life intrudes periodically. Hopefully I can get things fired up again there soon.
Anyway, I'm really impressed with this site... Now that I'm here, I fully intend to stop by regularly.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 15, 2008 1:45:24 GMT -5
At last!! Evil, when I found your blog and forum I was so friggin happy. A lot of us can learn from you I feel, and can also share their knowlege with you. I am expecting a shipment of strawbs from GRIN anyday, it has arrived in the country. There are a few OP seeds of great commercial cultivars but a lot of fragaria chlioensis, along with a few colchitin manipulated things I think. Alan and I were discussing using on them when BANG! we discovered they already had some. We're trying to put our hands on he elusive large white chiloensis. I found out the 2 first accessions in Grin are just that. Gonna have to order. Evil, how long in sulfuric acid do you immerse strawbs and rubus seeds? BTW, You should tell us more about yourself in the '''a little about myself'' thread. I am sure your mom did not call you evil  I am friggin happy to see you here. We gonna have fun!! Thanks for answering my call... |
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Post by canadamike on Dec 15, 2008 1:47:44 GMT -5
And we also have a chat feature. all you need is Java. I am going there now, as we both are online. You can join, if you don't have java it will offer it to you. Double click on my name at the right and you will appear on my screen if I am elsewhere
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Post by bunkie on Dec 15, 2008 15:09:47 GMT -5
i have a question! last June, i was picking strawberries in our patch and found a handful that looked like this... www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=1512HsPBM&i=154436they look like a 'geo-pet' strawberry! i think the seeds must have germinated on the outside of the berry. every where there should be a seed in the fruit, is a tiny leaf. very strange. i've never seen anything like this before. is there a name for it and why does it occur? we had an unusually cold and wet, as in snow, in late June. thanks! |
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Post by canadamike on Dec 15, 2008 17:05:33 GMT -5
It looks like that alright. Did you plant them? The're might be some future in the geo pet strawberry business ;D
I would have tried to see if it was caused by the environment or some genetic mutation...
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Post by bunkie on Dec 15, 2008 17:15:31 GMT -5
no michel. these were 3 year old plants in the same spot.
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Post by evilfruitlord on Dec 15, 2008 18:51:16 GMT -5
The condition is called "phyllody". It's not 100% clear what causes it--sometimes it seems there's some sort of phytoplasm involved, sometimes RoundUp damage is implicated, but most of the time the cause isn't clear.
There's some evidence to suggest that it's related to plants getting exposed to low temperatures at a particular developmental state, which would fit with your comments on the weather, but it's all rather murky. I have six 'Chandler' plants in my backyard, and this year one got lots and lots of phyllody, and the rest had none...hard to figure.
If you look closely, it's not that the seeds are germinating--you're actually getting leaves instead of seeds, or they develop as seeds for a little while and switch over into something leaf-like.
I actually had one with a couple of flowers on its surface last year, which was something I'd never seen before.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 15, 2008 21:31:35 GMT -5
I knew our new recruit had talent!! Well, evil, in hockey terms, on berry matters, you'll play center  |
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Post by evilfruitlord on Dec 16, 2008 0:10:33 GMT -5
I'm waiting for the million dollar contract...
(Thanks!)
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Post by canadamike on Dec 16, 2008 0:57:34 GMT -5
Only a million?  ? Ah! That's true, your still a rookie Well, the salary cap is 750,000$ in case you didn't know... |
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Post by evilfruitlord on Dec 16, 2008 2:40:37 GMT -5
Well, I didn't specify how many million...
Besides, something tells me berry hockey doesn't pay quite as well as the NHL.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 16, 2008 2:46:55 GMT -5
where do you live?
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Post by evilfruitlord on Dec 16, 2008 12:40:46 GMT -5
California...within a half hour drive of about a quarter of the strawberries grown in North America.
(But I grew up in upstate NY, so I know eastern Ontario pretty well, too...)
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 16, 2008 13:43:16 GMT -5
BTW: I've visited your blog and found it good. ;-) I'll be back.
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