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Post by richardw on Aug 27, 2016 15:01:51 GMT -5
Some must have more sensitive skin than others
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Post by caledonian on Feb 24, 2017 16:38:16 GMT -5
There's more than one plant called 'wild parsnip', some of which are quite toxic, but the common weed with that name in my area is the common garden parsnip that went wild. I bet there'd be a lot of useful variation in that population. Much more so than with carrots and Queen Anne's Lace, probably.
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Post by templeton on Feb 24, 2017 20:04:51 GMT -5
I'm just harvesting my latest selection seed. Will be re-sowing this week to sneak in an autumn crop for re-selection for next year's seed. T
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Post by richardw on Feb 25, 2017 1:13:41 GMT -5
You're lucky you can get a second crop in T, i harvest seed about same time but its seed sown now would only get pencil size by winter.
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Post by templeton on Feb 25, 2017 7:16:09 GMT -5
mine don't get much bigger, richard, but since i'm selecting for fat round root shape rather than other features, if i dig 'em in spring i can get a pretty good idea of what i might want to carry on with. they get replanted and grown out over summer. would love to grow a full spring summer autumn crop, but breeding taking priority at the moment.
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Post by richardw on May 31, 2017 0:06:21 GMT -5
Dug the 6x1 metre bed today of Kral, Melbourne white and Hollow crown cross, good over all crop though there was a great number to small to worry about which ended up in the compost. So what is in the wheelbarrow was replanted for spring flowering while in the crate is for giving away and about 50 roots for the eating was put back in the garden.
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Post by steev on May 31, 2017 1:28:28 GMT -5
Those are pretty good looking stubbies.
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Post by richardw on Jun 1, 2017 0:46:26 GMT -5
Thanks. pleased with them apart from a bit of nematode damage to the tops of a few, those with no attack was another aspect i looked for for the seed block.
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Post by templeton on Jun 1, 2017 6:34:56 GMT -5
Some nice fat ones there
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Post by richardw on Jun 1, 2017 14:47:42 GMT -5
Kral has certainly fattened up the top section of the roots over all. In the wheelbarrow there's two in the middle side by side, these i chose two because they show a bit Kral's stumpyness, there were a number of others that threw strongly to Kral but were not of good enough size to be worthy of adding. On the other extreme there was one root that was over half a metre long but little more than thump thickness, gota love diversity.
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Post by templeton on Jun 1, 2017 18:11:33 GMT -5
I've been selecting for short fatness, but still getting lots of long skinny ones. Wondering when this might stabilise....
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Post by mjc on Jun 1, 2017 19:50:22 GMT -5
I haven't actually been selecting my growout for any particular trait...but they've been quite happily self-seeding and growing for close to 8 yrs now. I probably should start selecting for traits now that I know what's left has survivability down...
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Post by troppo on Jun 1, 2017 23:29:17 GMT -5
I have a section of the garden planted this winter to your mix temp. Can't wait to see the diversity.
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Post by steev on Jun 1, 2017 23:48:33 GMT -5
You guys sure you aren't growing burdock?
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Post by templeton on Jun 2, 2017 6:01:06 GMT -5
You guys sure you aren't growing burdock? Oh yeah. Never seen a burdock. Not at Casa Templetonia.
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