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Post by steev on Dec 18, 2020 20:42:26 GMT -5
Another 10bs of Armillaria; left ~4lbs 'cause the bag was full and a clump that will be good-sized in 2 days; spread most of the early batch around to my clients; wish I still had a big dehydrator, also so I could process a glut of hachiya persimmons 'stead of leaving them to the cedar waxwings and robins; oh, well; wish in one hand ...
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Post by xdrix on Dec 19, 2020 3:21:56 GMT -5
I have one tree wich the graft was not take.
Its worth to harvest the fruits of a rootstock of persimmon?
What fruits they could given?
If my tree is alogamous can i take a domestic tree for the fecondation?
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Post by steev on Dec 19, 2020 13:02:59 GMT -5
I don't know those answers.
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Post by flowerbug on Dec 29, 2020 21:42:05 GMT -5
seen much snow/rain there? i sure hope so!  |
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Post by steev on Dec 30, 2020 19:45:59 GMT -5
Very sparse snow on the peaks; there was another 0.1" of rain, bringing the season total to a whopping 0.7". Think I'm dying here.
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Post by flowerbug on Jan 1, 2021 14:46:13 GMT -5
supposedly there is more in the forecast so i hope some get to where you are at.
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Post by steev on Jan 5, 2021 17:40:57 GMT -5
Scattered showers Monday OTF; another 0.5"
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Post by steev on Jan 31, 2021 20:04:36 GMT -5
Foraged plantain from the park nearby; like honey mushrooms, few people know its use.
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Post by flowerbug on Feb 2, 2021 12:39:43 GMT -5
i used to have a lot of it here and i know the various birds liked those large seeds, but it takes over too easily for me to intentionally let it grow. we have narrow leaved and wide leaved kinds.
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Post by steev on Feb 2, 2021 14:09:09 GMT -5
I value anything that grows without my care and is food; I'll transplant some "weeds" to the farm; many of them were brought from Europe because of their utility.
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Post by flowerbug on Feb 3, 2021 7:31:29 GMT -5
as long as they don't change the fire dynamic. i've read in the past that the plant species mix in CA has already changed enough to make a difference in how the area reacts to wild fires and i'd hate to see that trend continue. i have no idea how plantains cope with wild fires.
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Post by reed on Feb 3, 2021 11:36:15 GMT -5
Natural ecosystems are so screwed up already that pretty much anything that will grow is fine with me. If it makes something to eat that's just icing on the cake.
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Post by steev on Feb 3, 2021 11:42:35 GMT -5
Well, plantain doesn't grow large or tall, so I doubt it's much good as fuel, compared to the brome. I'm fixing a dinner stoup tonight including plantain; yummers.
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Post by flowerbug on Feb 3, 2021 11:57:28 GMT -5
Natural ecosystems are so screwed up already that pretty much anything that will grow is fine with me. If it makes something to eat that's just icing on the cake.
in much of the arid west there are still rather large areas that are not so disrupted by agriculture that they are that messed up, but to have neighboring fields with non-native species planted means those will spread and change the fire dynamic for the area and the newer and invasive plants make it burn hotter which reinforces the non-native plants continued invasion. while those of us further east in the mire of agricultural mayhem may not have that particular problem i think it worth being aware of...
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Post by steev on Feb 3, 2021 13:10:06 GMT -5
Were I to limit my diet to Norcal native plants, I'd be mostly eating acorns...
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