Post by pugs on Mar 27, 2009 22:59:59 GMT -5
Hi all,
No one is talking, so I'll start with what has come up in my seed trays so far, and what I am waiting for.
First, I'm still waiting for some tomatoes to make an appearance:
Red Robin and Ruffled Yellow, from really old seed I saved, I replanted the last of my seed after soaking the seed in water.
Olympic Flame, I only had one seed left from a 1995 package, I'm not holding my breath for it, but hoping to find a source for the seed. It was listed last year in the SSE Yearbook, but not this year. I've an e-mail sent to last year's lister. For those who can read French, can you tell me if this link to Olympic Flame is offering to sell the seed?
essaime-artomate.be/modeles/olympic_flame.html
Top Sirloin, Mr. Bruno and Adelia still haven't made an appearance. I've replanted Top Sirloin and Mr. Bruno and I'll replant Adelia tomorrow.
I'm still waiting on the asparagus, Chaste Tree, Bruggie, Moonflower and some of the white marigolds. These aren't on a heat mat which may be the problem.
The rest of the tomatoes on my list are up. My TPS (True Potato Seed) is starting to come up. The Wolf Berry is looking really good. Some, but not all of the lettuces have come up, still the seed was getting old, so I'm not surprised. The Shimonita onion is looking good (A. fistulosum); it is a scallion/bunching onion. Some of the cabbages are up as is the cauliflower (Cheddar, an orange hybrid). The toothache plant is up and looking good.
I'm trying to see if there is anything of Tom's potatoes that escaped the rats complete destruction. If I find anything that might be viable, I'm going to plant it under the lights and see if it will grow.
I also bought 3 tubers of Inca Treasure potato from a lister in the 2009 SSE Yearbook. Each is smaller than a walnut and the 3 cost $15, so they had better be tasty.
I've been reading about Horizontal resistance breeding. Some one here must have posted the link I saved and finally got to. Quite interesting. It is talking about potato breeding as well as bean breeding, so I have to go post the link on Tom's site for him to find. It sounds like it may be a big help in breeding tomatoes for blight resistance too. I'll repeat the link here:
www.growseed.org/potato-breeding.html
and here is one on the bean breeding:
newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/international/pan-am_don/nov04/chapingo.shtml
Some of the links on the above pages are dead, but they can be found via the wayback machine. I can't remember the name of that cartoon on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show where the name "Wayback Machine" came from drat it all.
This didn't post when I clicked the button, and what I recovered was an earlier version. Oh well. Computers do funny things sometimes.
I hope this gets people posting here, but I suspect they are all out plowing, planting and playing. I hope none of you are in Fargo North Dakota.
Pugs
No one is talking, so I'll start with what has come up in my seed trays so far, and what I am waiting for.
First, I'm still waiting for some tomatoes to make an appearance:
Red Robin and Ruffled Yellow, from really old seed I saved, I replanted the last of my seed after soaking the seed in water.
Olympic Flame, I only had one seed left from a 1995 package, I'm not holding my breath for it, but hoping to find a source for the seed. It was listed last year in the SSE Yearbook, but not this year. I've an e-mail sent to last year's lister. For those who can read French, can you tell me if this link to Olympic Flame is offering to sell the seed?
essaime-artomate.be/modeles/olympic_flame.html
Top Sirloin, Mr. Bruno and Adelia still haven't made an appearance. I've replanted Top Sirloin and Mr. Bruno and I'll replant Adelia tomorrow.
I'm still waiting on the asparagus, Chaste Tree, Bruggie, Moonflower and some of the white marigolds. These aren't on a heat mat which may be the problem.
The rest of the tomatoes on my list are up. My TPS (True Potato Seed) is starting to come up. The Wolf Berry is looking really good. Some, but not all of the lettuces have come up, still the seed was getting old, so I'm not surprised. The Shimonita onion is looking good (A. fistulosum); it is a scallion/bunching onion. Some of the cabbages are up as is the cauliflower (Cheddar, an orange hybrid). The toothache plant is up and looking good.
I'm trying to see if there is anything of Tom's potatoes that escaped the rats complete destruction. If I find anything that might be viable, I'm going to plant it under the lights and see if it will grow.
I also bought 3 tubers of Inca Treasure potato from a lister in the 2009 SSE Yearbook. Each is smaller than a walnut and the 3 cost $15, so they had better be tasty.
I've been reading about Horizontal resistance breeding. Some one here must have posted the link I saved and finally got to. Quite interesting. It is talking about potato breeding as well as bean breeding, so I have to go post the link on Tom's site for him to find. It sounds like it may be a big help in breeding tomatoes for blight resistance too. I'll repeat the link here:
www.growseed.org/potato-breeding.html
and here is one on the bean breeding:
newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/international/pan-am_don/nov04/chapingo.shtml
Some of the links on the above pages are dead, but they can be found via the wayback machine. I can't remember the name of that cartoon on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show where the name "Wayback Machine" came from drat it all.
This didn't post when I clicked the button, and what I recovered was an earlier version. Oh well. Computers do funny things sometimes.
I hope this gets people posting here, but I suspect they are all out plowing, planting and playing. I hope none of you are in Fargo North Dakota.
Pugs
In '07 I had a 1 1/2 lb Pink Accordian. So I will be starting a few of those also. You know what's funny? I really don't even want the prize,a 25dollar gift certificate to Walmart. I don't shop there. I'm just hoping an OP will beat out all the Big Boys. lol 
