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Based off of things I've read (I do a lot of tomato research), and some things I've grown, I'm going to make a list of particularly notable tomato varieties here. I've only tried some of these. They're not all my personal favorites, but in my opinion, they're all notable, and if you grow them al...read more
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by Radishrain
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I put what I think are some Aunt Molly's ground cherries (from a volunteer plant) in some spots so they would volunteer there next year. It might be crossed with other ground cherries. It got bigger and tastier fruits than the Ammon Martin's and Rachel's Favorite ground cherries that I started f...read more
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by Radishrain
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I first grew the King Winter watermelon in 2016, watered well without black plastic or any kind of mulch. It got a fair amount of small-ish fruits, with dull skin. the taste was like watermelon Jolly Ranchers. The seeds were black. I grew it again in 2017, with drought conditions, unmulched, wit...read more
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by Radishrain
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Here's the first Navajo Winter watermelon that I've eaten, this year. It has a very thick rind (so it's probably a cross). Nevertheless, most of the rind is sweet and approximately the same texture as the inner fruit. It still has winter watermelon skin (in toughness). It tasted great! It was qu...read more
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by Radishrain
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Although the Endless Summer tomato (a genetically engineered one from a really long time ago) doesn't appear to have had success in grocery stores, it appears that Burpee has an Endless Summer tomato that remarkably has a similar shelf-life description (except it lasts even longer!) It's said t...read more
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by Radishrain
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This thread is a continuation of a thread on the old forum , which I thought had a lot more information about what I've done in it (maybe I posted that on other forums).
Today, I transplanted the rest of my seed-grown domestic strawberries, just south of where I transplanted Tresca earlier. I...read more
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Some people think wonderberries are black nightshade, such as is seen on one of the posts in the following thread on another forum: https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/anyone-ever-grow-wonderberry-plants.298177/
However, I've never found any evidence that they are black nightshade, othe...read more
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by Radishrain
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* Drosophila suzukii (worms in berries)
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by Radishrain
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So, I was curious what kind of worms we have in our blackberries when they get extra ripe. I found this article. I'm not sure if they're the same worms, but I wouldn't be surprised. I found one of the blackberry worms (or so it appeared) in a wonderberry, too.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/the...read more
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by Radishrain
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* Garden Cleanup, 2019
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by Radishrain
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On-site:
* See wonderberry tag.
Off-site ( see here , too, if you read any of these threads):
* https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/anyone-ever-grow-wonderberry-plants.298177/
* https://permies.com/t/38606/wonderberry-aka-sunberry-solanum-burbankii (These people have obviously never...read more
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by Radishrain
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The northwest side of the house is cleaned up, as of now (wonderberries, West India burr gherkins, squash, the Kikinda Competition Strain edible gourd, and Morelle De Balbis). The Morelle De Balbis was still alive, though, but we needed to make room for wood for the winter. I put wonderberry fru...read more
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The Navajo Red watermelon is a winter watermelon (meaning it might keep in storage for up to three or four months or so). It has a unique rind appearance. It has reddish seeds. They're not quite as red as Red-seeded Citron (but look similar in color to brown seeds like those of Santo Domingo Bro...read more
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by Radishrain
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I harvested and boiled some horseradish greens, today. I was expecting them to taste like cabbage! But, no. They taste very unique! They're good. They still taste a bit like good sandwiches, interestingly, but cooking for a good while did take the spiciness out. They're a touch bitter, but not n...read more
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by Radishrain
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This article says red peppers contain luteolin, which is supposed to be good for the brain, and where inflammation is implicated, for memory: https://psychcentral.com/news/2010/10/15/feeling-more-forgetful-as-you-age-eat-peppers/19625.html
Luteolin is also is carrots, celery, and olive oil, a...read more
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by Radishrain
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See this article: https://psychcentral.com/news/2015/12/14/compound-in-parsley-celery-may-boost-neurons/96206.html
Here's basically the same post in the celery forum: http://www.growspice.com/Celery-Parsley-apigenin-and-neurodegenerative-diseases-tt730.html
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by Radishrain
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See this article: https://psychcentral.com/news/2015/12/14/compound-in-parsley-celery-may-boost-neurons/96206.html
Note that celery is also supposed to contain luteolin .
Here's basically the same post in the parsley forum: http://www.growspice.com/Parsley-Celery-apigenin-and-neurodegenera...read more
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I just wanted to permalink to this description of the Karma tomatoes that Marsha Eisenerg and Karen Olivier are working on: http://tomatoville.com/showpost.php?p=746921&postcount=1609
They sound like great early potato leaf tomatoes. Some are even bicolors (it's hard to find an early bico...read more
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by Radishrain
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This is from Kirkman melon seeds, but it seems to have been crossed with Torpeda, by some of its qualities. I wonder why it's not striped, though. I guess Kirkman's rind must be dominant, except for Torpeda's netting seems dominant.
Anyway, it wasn't as sweet as its parents. It was firm (not ...read more
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by Radishrain
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I had four Wintermelon watermelons and took the seeds out to zap and save on Monday or so. I ate three of them; the other one was going bad. The seeds are black and smaller than most hlack-seeded winter watermelon seeds. The taste was good, and the texture was excellent. I have a feeling that bo...read more
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by Radishrain
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I found my first worm in a wonderberry (in all the three years I've grown it). It was late in the season. It appeared to be the same as the worms that get in over-ripe blackberries.
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I saw a bee dangling from a wonderberry flower (by its hands) for a really long time. I thought maybe it was pollinating it, but I waited, and waited, and it was still there. So, I attempted to help it out, and as soon as it saw me get close, it stopped and flew off. So, it wasn't stuck, it seem...read more
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by Radishrain
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Well, I harvested most of the tomatoes, ripe and unripe, with the exception of the damaged ones (there were lots of those). Usually we seem to have loads of tomatoes at the end, but we got lots throughout the season, and less at the end, this time. I thought the first freeze was going to be on W...read more
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by Radishrain
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The following article lists diseases that tomato seeds can carry: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265074/
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by Radishrain
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Take a look at this article that shows a considerable lot of research has been done on Cucumis anguria: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345815000688
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