Flash genetics super autoflower thru seedsman
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interesting thread…funny, drew, i also never touch the stuff but grow a fair bit for associates…its been a weird road, i have said once they are gone…i might still pop a few seeds every year to see what comes out–the various strains are remarkably different in phenotype.
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btw z5 and i wouldn’t try something like thai landrace outdoors, but most “typical” hybrids do just fine here, albeit with a bit of knuckle-biting come late Sept…
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Muay Thai Super auto, Aug5
Lol…what little i know is mostly outside the realm of autos
Glad to hear a good review of Contender! I just planted one in a fairly sheltered spot of my yard (Madison). If you have any advice for a new peach tree grower, I’d love to hear it!
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Apricots started blooming yesterday with cherries right on their heels.
I checked my garden log and saw that last year they bloomed on April 6. We had two freeze events in May, but both cots and cherries had a crop.
What a difference a year makes!
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My apricot started bloom too. Last year was early. It is interesting that it is first time that all my 4 apricot cultivars bloom. I can’t wait to taste all 4 apricots
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Yeah I really can’t indulge for health reasons. I don’t like how edibles make me feel. So that’s out too. I’m grateful I can drink vodka so when I want to relax, I got that at least. I was going to stop growing but a couple friends asked me to continue.
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apricot and j plum hybrids (toka, superior) have flowers swollen enough you can tell what they are, see the white of the “pre-petals” but they haven’t opened up yet
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Went out to dig up and transplant a wild crab/apple seedling. It’s growing on the edge of a marsh and in the way of a deer stand. The ground was frozen solid in that spot. Spring is a long ways off yet.
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@frostcrystal I’m still a novice myself! I do think we’re going to train Contender as UFO in our backyard. That’s not something our friends have done, but they have more space to work with than we do.
In other news… still no sign of my tulips. The magnolia buds are closed up tight. I haven’t seen any maple flowers or forsythia yet, either. However, there is an abundance of daylilies cropping up on the eastern foundation through the landscaping rock, though. I wish I liked daylilies. It’s going to be a chore to dig these out.
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It’s been a slow spring compared to last year. My magnolia tree over here is only just starting to show signs of pink. Tulip leaves are up but no bulb has flowered yet except Siberian squill and crocus. My arctic kiwis are still quiet, hope they made it through the winter.
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Anyone in the Chicago region ever see this plant Thismia americana it is only known to this region so far it hasn’t been seen since 1916 first discovered in 1912.
In August 1912, botanist Norma Pfeiffer was exploring a wet prairie in southern Chicago when she spotted a tiny
flower peeking out of the soil—a flower that baffled experts across North America. On closer inspection, the
mysterious plant proved to be an undescribed species of a mostly tropical genus of saprophyte—plants that have no
leaves or chlorophyll but draw their energy from rotting plant matter. Pfeiffer studied the species until 1916, and
then… it vanished. T. americana has never been found anywhere else in the world, and repeated hunts to the original
locality have failed to turn up the plant. Some people have long since given up hope and consider the species to have
been driven extinct by the heavy industry that dominated the region for decades. The rest of us are confident it’s still
out there, thriving incognito in remnant prairies of the Calumet region—and we need your help tracking it down.
This guide brings together drawings and photos of the plant, a map of the region, and photos of some other plants
Pfeiffer found growing alongside Thismia. Happy hunting!
what it would similar to
I had a bad experience with edibles once in Vegas, VERY bad… haha, my GF wanted to go to the ER but I knew there was nothing they could do for us, a few hours of puking and a couple day stonover and we were back to normal. Im not a big edible fan since then! I use very little weed actually also, but its a fun plant to grow IMO, maybe just cuz its been so stigmatized, who knows.
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My plums are flowering for the first time this year in southeast Michigan.
Hollywood
Shiro
Methley
Elephant Heart
Byron Gold with only a few flowers
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Got my apple and pear trees sprayed with copper/dormant oil/spreader-sticker this morning. This week has been the first time we’ve had 48 hours of above freezing over night lows and no precip. Nice to get it done.
I noticed several crabs are approaching green tip. I’d guess pears will be blooming in 10 days or so.
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Beautiful! How old are the trees?
With the hot weather coming next week, it looks like time for the first curc spray on the cots and maybe the nects and cherries, if they get past petalfall.
I’ve got 3 seed grown pluots that have blooms. All survived winter just fine outside (2 in pots, one in ground). I think i’m going to plant them all in the soil–they seem to be as hardy as any other plum i’ve tried. Also i have no idea what these fruit will be like because i have no idea the tree they came from and even then i’m sure they were cross pollinated. IF they are garbage…hacksaw will fix that and i can graft them or they go into the chipper.
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