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Post by steev on Jul 15, 2011 13:36:21 GMT -5
"Joseph's Hyrum Sprinter"
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 15, 2011 13:46:24 GMT -5
Raising the ante a tad:
I'm going to go ahead and put my X's name into the running for the name of the tomato landrace collected from the sewer. Ha! I'm getting sassy today. Must be the allergy medicine I'm taking. Whatever's in the air this week has hit me hard.
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Post by steev on Jul 15, 2011 20:55:59 GMT -5
Wouldn't that be kind of a mixed message? I certainly wouldn't put my X's name on anything good; maybe on something going into the sewer. I may sound a tad bitter, but I'll not go into details; all my own damn fault, no doubt.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 15, 2011 21:14:37 GMT -5
Gentlemen, the best way to get them out of your head permanently is to never think on them again.
Don't mention their names, don't wish them well or ill, don't tell tales about them...send them into the void of the forgotten.
I once asked my grandmother about my grandfather and she replied, "Child, I don't even remember his name." On that she wouldn't budge. Now there was someone who was forgotten. Probably the worst thing you can do to someone...just forget them.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2011 0:37:38 GMT -5
I don't remember if I've ever even had an X.  It just seemed at the time like a smart aleck thing to post. Too much TV I guess. NOT!!! Our TV broke when I was 16 and we never even missed it. <giggles!!!> |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2011 1:22:30 GMT -5
I took pictures today of my cantaloupes. They were planted a few feet from each other on the same day, and as close as I can tell, based on how the weeds are growing, they share almost identical growing conditions. This spring I planted about 35 varieties of cantaloupes that people sent to me when they heard that I am doing a cantaloupe breeding project. I call these off-the-shelf cantaloupes. They are from a seed catalog, or a grocery store, or someone's backyard from far away. This is typical of how off-the-shelf cantaloupes grow in my garden:  This is a photo of what an average plant from "Joseph's Best" cantaloupe landrace looks like in my garden. It is the offspring of several years worth of selection from among perhaps 50 varieties of cantaloupe. Selection criteria was to produce ripe fruit in my garden before frost.  Yesterday and today I thoroughly weeded the cantaloupe patches. The germination rates of off-the-shelf cantaloupes were dismal. They just don't do well dealing with my soil, bugs, climate, and watering schedule. The germination rates were much higher for my landrace seeds which have become acclimated to my garden. I found about a dozen cantaloupe plants that volunteered in the garden this spring. I have marked them with stakes in order to save them and collect seed from them. I intend to add them into my landrace. If they can survive all winter in the soil, perhaps their offspring will be able to survive for a few weeks in May. It sure is hard work growing my own landrace seeds from the best of the best (for my garden), but oh my gosh! The results are so outstanding that I think I couldn't ever go back to growing off-the-shelf seeds. |
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Post by grunt on Jul 16, 2011 1:41:31 GMT -5
I will tap you for a few seeds of your "Joseph's Best" cantaloupes at the end of the season if I may, Joseph. The difference in the two is very impressive.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 16, 2011 7:40:58 GMT -5
Joseph, ah Joseph...  Holly, your Grandma sounds a bit like mine.  |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2011 8:47:27 GMT -5
I started harvesting turnip seed yesterday. About half of the plants were dried down enough that I picked them and set them out to further dry on a tarp. If I had let them go much longer the seed pods would have been breaking open and I'd have lost a lot of seed. (Not that there isn't enough seed!) The branch on top of them is to (maybe) keep them from blowing away if we have a storm.  |
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Post by bunkie on Jul 16, 2011 9:05:24 GMT -5
that's a great idea joseph, the tarp!
mazing the differences in your landrace critters and the others. looks like your work is paying off. i'm learning so much through your posts...even the ones where you are 'giggling' alot! ;D there's something in the air here too, as we are sniffling alot...pollen? ;D
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2011 9:25:21 GMT -5
It's alfalfa cutting time here, and cottonwoods.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2011 9:28:53 GMT -5
that's a great idea joseph, the tarp! The extended forecast was for dry weather, so I used a plastic tarp. I'm planning on using a floating row cover under the peas when I pick them... Hoping any rain will drain right through. One thing I worry about with my landrace seed is disease resistance in other places... The air that surrounds my garden is exceedingly arid so I don't select much if any for resistance to blights and fungus. Diseases and bugs that require dampness don't thrive here. I wonder what will happen when the seed gets to other places where dampness creates problems. There is plenty of "Joseph's Best" cantaloupe floating around. Anyone have feedback yet? |
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Post by steev on Jul 16, 2011 11:29:00 GMT -5
Whenever I have a lot of seed to dry before threshing, I bundle it in a burlap tarp and hang it so the drying breeze can get around it ( and maybe rodents won't ).
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Post by Leenstar on Jul 16, 2011 18:21:30 GMT -5
I can personally attest to the strength of your pea landrace in the midwest during a weird and wet midwest spring in central illinois.
I think I have some pictures somewhere I can post but the Joseph's landrace plants were head and shoulders stronger than Amish Snap from SSE, Suagr Snap and Laxton's progress all planted in rows of teh same bed.
They were an interesting mix of guys though some definitely had better taste than others. There was also what appeared to be long subtype with longer posde and more peas like a green arrow.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 23, 2011 0:13:58 GMT -5
Here's what my CSA baskets looked like this week (July 20th).  Contained: shelling peas (Joseph's landrace), beets, garlic, cabbage, crookneck (Early Prolific), green onions, carrots, Walla Walla onions, broccoli, snow/snap peas. Not shown because I forgot to add them for the photo were Swiss chard, and kohlrabi. I think this was my last harvest of broccoli, cabbage, and snow peas. Expecting to add zucchini next week. Cucumbers are currently blooming. Sweet corn (LISP Ashworth X se+) is currently tasseling which means harvest about August 10th. I harvested the jumbled up snow/snap peas for seed today, separating them by type while picking. |
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It just seemed at the time like a smart aleck thing to post. Too much TV I guess. NOT!!! Our TV broke when I was 16 and we never even missed it.
