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Post by steev on Jan 5, 2018 2:44:26 GMT -5
Crappy drought and ground-squirrels cleaned out all its siblings, poor baby; I'll shred it into a salad and try again in Spring, next month.
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Post by richardw on Jan 5, 2018 3:20:08 GMT -5
Sounds like you did the kindest thing, poor wee thing.
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Post by farmermike on Jan 5, 2018 12:23:09 GMT -5
richardw, those look amazing! That's exactly the sort of "turnip diversity" I'm looking for. It's great to see how effective selection against bolting can be.
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Post by richardw on Jan 5, 2018 18:47:08 GMT -5
Yes that in two generation the bolting has clearly reduced, though there may well be the question of has this much warm summer weve had this year helped?. The aim with this turnip is to be able to sow spring grows all the way through to winter flowering come spring, the theory being the longer they grow for the lager the plant & swollen stem
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Post by richardw on Jan 5, 2018 18:50:33 GMT -5
farmermike just noticed you rainfall, you are just a bit wetter than here. The last 20 years the average has dropped below 400mm
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Post by richardw on Jan 6, 2018 13:51:28 GMT -5
Posted on FB a few days ago in a local buy&sell group, 'pick your own black currents, free'. No takers yet, i think its that they have to come and pick them themselves thats putting people off. I know a woman who advertised black currents a year ago, the only person who was interested ask her to pick them for them, said "no, its pick your own", she never heard from that person again.  |
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Post by reed on Jan 6, 2018 15:37:22 GMT -5
I bet ya got some close neighbors that might enjoy them if ya take that net off.  |
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Post by philagardener on Jan 6, 2018 15:45:57 GMT -5
Shucks, if it weren't such a trip I'd be right over!
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Post by richardw on Jan 6, 2018 15:53:00 GMT -5
I bet ya got some close neighbors that might enjoy them if ya take that net off. Yes the neighours that are black with feathers, little buggers made short work of my first haskap fruit, enjoy em, because you wont be tasting them again. |
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Post by richardw on Jan 6, 2018 15:55:42 GMT -5
Shucks, if it weren't such a trip I'd be right over! oh well, could always put you up for the night, or is that put up with you just for one night
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Post by richardw on Jan 6, 2018 17:57:49 GMT -5
Both the corn and pumpkin share the same alternating beds which are largest in the garden, these beds 10 in total have not been cultivated for about 13 years, apart from the pumpkins and corn seed all other plant material plus in between crops of wheat and broad beans is left as mulch. The pumpkins did receive 8 wheelbarrow loads of compost. The size of this seasons plants is looking very good.   |
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Post by Day on Jan 6, 2018 19:19:08 GMT -5
Shucks, if it weren't such a trip I'd be right over! oh well, could always put you up for the night, or is that put up with you just for one night
Ditto! ...maybe I can steal away in philagardener's suitcase.  |
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Post by copse on Jan 8, 2018 19:02:49 GMT -5
Looking good, just went out and harvested another 0.5 kg blackcurrant this morning on a very late ripening bush (compared to the rest). If I lived nearby I'd pop over and clean it out for you. Your pumpkins are looking much better than mine. Too much rain and grey skies here, nice to see some blue ones your way. Your corn as well. I've got painted uh.. mountain and bloody butcher in this year, probably thigh high at best.
How do you keep your paths so clear? The best I can do is mow alongside the beds.
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Post by richardw on Jan 8, 2018 19:27:36 GMT -5
Good to hear from you copse, i use my hola hoe for pathways in summer then when the ground is too wet i lay my strips of plastic down to either keep them weed free or to kill out grasses/weeds. Hola hoes are fantastic tools, but the ones you buy have a major fault in how they are designed, ive had mine modified, where the two arrows are below is where they slog out, the second photo shows where a steel tube was welded between and the bolt runs through that   |
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Post by richardw on Jan 8, 2018 19:31:45 GMT -5
The corn is a mix of Strawberry, Miniblack and NZ grown popping corn. Up to head height and no signs of male flowers yet, they are going to be tall this year, such a warm summer this year.
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