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Post by canadamike on Jun 1, 2009 0:48:12 GMT -5
I had to cover 100 pepper plants in the field, luckily the only ones I had put in the ground.
I am somewhat suppremely pissed these days.
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Post by Hristo on Jun 1, 2009 4:46:00 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, Mike. Obviously my earlier wish for perfect weather do not work as I would like. Contrary to your area until yesterday here we had 70 days with no rain, and high temps - 25-33 C. Great crop failure for non irrigated fields.
By the way I received some melon seeds and ended up with 80+ varieties. Most of them are from Ukraine (mostly no name varieties), Russia, China and some from Uzbekistan. I planted them later than usual and they germinated between 15-20 May. If everything is OK will post pics and comments
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Post by grungy on Jun 1, 2009 9:45:05 GMT -5
And save seeds Hristo. We will be talking come fall. <smiles> Yes, Michel, this year's isn't all in the ground yet and I am looking towards next year.
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Post by grungy on Jun 1, 2009 9:46:47 GMT -5
Michel, perhaps this is just a "Pollyanna thought" here, but maybe Mother Nature is clearing your work load so that you and the "boys" can enjoy your trip this fall and not have to worry about the harvest.
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Post by Hristo on Jun 1, 2009 13:56:47 GMT -5
Oh, saving pure seeds will be the hard part. Many fruits will not survive due to mices, diseases... so I need to self at least 2 fruits of variety. It was not so easy past years when I grew 20-30 varieties, and now they are over 80, plus 200 other things... We will see...
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Post by canadamike on Jun 14, 2009 20:52:11 GMT -5
Melons where put in the ground this week end, I was lucky to have lots of help. A lot of them did not make the cut, as I would give them protection only under 5 Celsius, about 40 Farenheight. Nevertheless, it is a huge amount of melons. The Lunévilles are in another field so I can make seeds.
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Post by peapod on Aug 5, 2009 21:52:08 GMT -5
CMike, Get a load of this... If I can take some picutes for you tomorrow I will... Try to remember that is. You have melons baby!!!!!!!!!!!! I counted 5. Now that may not seem like anything to you. To me its is very exciting due to the fact that it has been just about as impossible as one can imagine for a melon to grow this year. No JOKE my dear!!!!!!!!!! I has been in the low 40's at night and in around 70-75 F during the day. These must be some prime seeds.
Blessings to you as always... Lets hope there is time for them to ripen. It is August...
YAHOO!!!
Peapod
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Post by canadamike on Aug 6, 2009 0:08:17 GMT -5
It is even worse here than it was last year, one month of draught in June before constant rain starting July first around noon, Canada Day. I do not even have five yet. On the other hand, given the 3 hailstorms and cold nights, I have about 10 plants out of over 350 that are doing relatively OK, they deserve lots of respect, they have been through many nights close to the freezing point, have been covered in hailstorm ice 3 times when very young...
This is frustrating from a production standpoint but wonderful from the scientific one.
Michelle, as I am more and more amazed at my old indian and ''close'' to indian corn cultivars, while my 2 acres field of modern corn is totally lost to the June draught, you are more and more in my hearth my friend, I talk to you in my mind very often , everytime I am in my field really, and I imagine both of us thanking life and the ''great spirit'' for what we got.
You have no clue on how spiritual this journey is for me and how often I think of you and imagine us praying and celebrating nature and the wiseness of the ancients together.
Bless you
Michel
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Post by grungy on Aug 6, 2009 1:34:10 GMT -5
Michel can you give us the names of thw melons that are doing relatively OK. And mon cher if you have any this fall please save me a few seeds.
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Post by peapod on Aug 6, 2009 22:39:17 GMT -5
Oh Michel, We are of kindrid spirit and I just had a good giggle because I too often have thougths of you while I garden and pray and hope and ask the Great Spirit for the earth to honour what I am doing.
I do understand your journey I really do. It is magical and beautiful and bonding and peaceful. You are always in my heart Michel you really are!!!!
Blessings to you!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by canadamike on Aug 8, 2009 19:02:41 GMT -5
I should make a list next week my dear.
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Post by stevenvance on Aug 9, 2009 9:07:31 GMT -5
Alan, apart from the descriptors missing, Gatersleben are great, but Grin has been as great to me, I cannot complain of anything. I have found them very organized and delivering a much higher percentage of the listed seeds. 30 to 40% of what I ask in Germany is not available despite being listed as such. Honestly, when everything is taken into account, descriptors, and percentage of asked for seeds, studies on diseases and all, nothing in the world beats GRIN my friend, nothing. It might be, though, that there are some preconceived ideas rooming around Grin than when an order is international, it is more serious, nobody being a prophet in his own country... Canada and the USA have adopted jointly the same computer system and platform, but Canada has nothing to offer in the descriptors area. It is nice to see an american who does not think that America is always better but let's be frank, many times they are How hard was it to get seed from these seedbanks? What was the process like? What advice could you give to someone interested in trying to get some of the seeds/cuttings these places list? Steven
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Post by redneckplanter on Sept 3, 2009 12:29:15 GMT -5
alan i'd like to trial some for next spring? i can prob plant here in late feb or early march?
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Post by canadamike on Sept 3, 2009 22:13:49 GMT -5
Sorry for not seeing that post earlier SZtevendance. I explained what I did, also sent them seeds they did not have. they need to know it is serious work. Other than that maybe some other can step in and give a trick or two, to me it was as simple as that.
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Post by Hristo on Oct 22, 2009 13:37:45 GMT -5
And save seeds Hristo. We will be talking come fall. <smiles> My melon season ended nearly 2 months ago, despite we had great temps and lots of sun this year (drought too). Of 75+ melon varieties I tasted no more than 3-4. Lost some due to disease, but most of them because my extremely imbalanced soil, which cause prematurely leave/plant drying. Not only C. melo, but many other species suffer this too . Despite that collected some seeds, so if you are interested contact me after 2 months when will have more time.
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