Try to stay out of the Lounge if you can.- Reason we all get way off track in there and its like The Supreme Court in there.
There are people on here passionate about the things that they grow… there are peach experts, pear experts, persimmon experts, fig experts, apple experts… even a tomato expert.
Reasoning- we have no idea what climate you live in, what you want to grow, and how you want to grow fruit. Are you a large orchard? back yard? U-pick? Commercial? Hobby?
Honestly everything you could ever want to learn is under that magnifying glass icon up at top… you could read for weeks.
I’m working on months. … Always more to learn than you already know, but the more you know the better you get at learning what to look for to learn more.
Thank you kind sir. Just working at broadening my understanding of botanical life. I grow everything from pistachios to eggplant lol I live in the Mojave desert and our climate works very well for most plants. I also legally grow cannabis indoor and outdoor.
You are very welcome! Why don’t you tell us about your growing experiences in the introduction thread, link below:
I also suggest you update your profile with the varieties that you are currently growing, that way people can connect with you about specific varieties.
I would suggest you use the search box (in the upper right hand corner) to look for posts that interest you. If you want to see if there was a good discussion about pistachios, just use “pistachios” as the key word in the search box. Just click on the icon that looks like a magnifying glass and search away!
Thanks for the welcome @FarmGirl-Z6A, Im learning the forum navigation well. I was just curious if anyone had some recommendations of good reads is all. I found it gives me a good idea of where to start reading, I’ve no specific direction to head, in every direction if at all possible. I have an unending desire to know everything about everything. I primarily grow marijuana, but I grow veggies, peppers, fruits and working on a few pistachio trees in the yard. The valley I live in produces gobs of them. Mojave pistachios. However the monster size pistachio farms here are very quickly depleting our underground water supply causing major concerns for the stability and sustainability of the Naval Weapons Center they’re drying out. Leading to the question- why would farming companies select the hottest and most drought ridden locale to grow in? We’re a mere 70 miles from Death Valley Ca!
If I lived by a desert I would grow stone fruit, (plums nectarines) and high end disease prone pears like comice and french and Italian cultivars like beurre series and moretinnis, ones I cant grow…
I would highly recommend spending some time reviewing the reference section. Many of the questions asked could be answered by the content there. Much of it is a “101” in growing as well as a few good lists of places to buy supplies and plants.
I guess to each his own. I always found the fruit and veggie growing topics tremendously helpful, and even inspiring, but I liked getting to know the members here on a more personal level too. I love the off topic discussions in the lounge and even enjoyed the controversial stuff in the other sub forum that got shut down. I guess that’s not what this forum is here for, and I understand, I just think it’s a shame people can’t debate or discuss things, have different opinions, yet agree to dissagree. We might not solve the world’s problems, but we can refine our own understanding by answering questions and challenges.
My opinion…the reason most people don’t like that…they aren’t even sure of themselves. You cannot reason with someone about ideas unless they have…reasons for why they believe something or hold a particular position.
If you have been pursuaded to a position by the logical merits of an idea, you stand a chance of pursuading others. If on the other hand your reasons are emotional, and empathetic, you may fail in changing someone and just feel bad because they don’t agree.
I say…if you can’t beat 'em join 'em has some merit…especially to those willing to learn and change.