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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 5, 2015 19:30:49 GMT -5
mskrieger: I got about 4 varieties from the Hoggy Seed Swap, and I planted 2 batches from the grocery store... I started them in the greenhouse a long time before planting out... They germinated very quickly, but grew extremely slowly. A couple of plants were flowering today.
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Post by mskrieger on Aug 6, 2015 11:57:17 GMT -5
Flowering today? Nice. Hoping you get seeds this year!
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 8, 2015 23:27:32 GMT -5
Some of my sesame plants are dying. I haven't looked for a cause, or even looked at the plants other than in passing. I'll call it keeling over just before the flowering stage.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 12, 2015 10:13:14 GMT -5
Yesterday I culled the sickly sesame plants and performed an autopsy... There was no obvious damage from bugs or animals. The phloem was brown. I speculate that the sickness is due to a virus or micro-organism...
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Post by mskrieger on Aug 13, 2015 13:54:30 GMT -5
Hm. Do the unaffected plants appear to be setting pods?
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Post by khumlee on Aug 14, 2015 10:29:01 GMT -5
Sesame lines grow well this year coming from the seeds harvesting last year, very hot weather since mid may, but not rain untill 1 week, so my sesame are still in their pots, but not in my garden ! First flowers since 3 weeks , always the early line from last year, and flowers buds comes on black seed line and on the two lines from ecuador, but F1 cross between the two lines of last year, don't show flowers buds  . Joseph, mine are very sensitive to cricket and to the moisture when plants are small. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 2, 2015 10:22:25 GMT -5
Most of my sesame plants died without producing seed. Two plants are growing great right now and flowering, but haven't set seed. Two additional plants are withering away but have seed pods on them. One has a lot of pods that are decent sized. One has a single puny seed pod.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 7, 2015 0:23:02 GMT -5
I collected seeds from the sesame today. There were a few small seed pods on two plants. I threshed them and got 9 seeds.  There are two plants left that are looking large, fit, and healthy. They don't have seed pods on them. There is one large plant left that is senescing. It has about 20 big glorious seed pods on it. They are probably mature enough that even if it freezes that the seed will be viable. So something like 90% of the plants died without setting seed. But something survived, and I might yet get more seed, so the odds seem improved for next year. |
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