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On 31 Dec 2019, Tomatoville is scheduled to go down forever. Mischka announced this yesterday. It looks likely that the user named Rajun_Gardener has acquired the domain (but I'm uncertain if tomatoville.com was the domain in consideration). It is unclear what Rajun_Gardener plans to do with the...read more
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Carolina Cross #183 '17 (direct-seeded)
King Winter '17'19
Navajo Winter (direct-seeded)
Navajo Red
Santo Domingo Brown Seeded
Santo Domingo Dark Green
Santo Domingo Winter
Weeks NC Giant '19
Winter Queen
Wintermelon
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EDIT: For my actual growlist, for 2021, see this link:
https://www.tomatojunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2349&start=40
If an item is followed by a *, that means I intend to grow multiple plants of that kind of tomato. Stick, Napoli and its crosses, and Frittata Kitchen are intended...read more
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by Radishrain
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I finally discovered what the dark-headed sparrow-like birds that come on our property probably are: Dark-eyed Juncos (the Oregon-type)!
Also, the yellow-eyed blackbirds we have are possibly Brewer's Blackbirds. We have yellow-headed blackbirds, too.
Here's a list of some more, in no parti...read more
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• 7 Pot Gigantic SR Chocolate
• Aji Habanero (seeds saved in 2019)
• Big Mustard Mamma
• Black Mustard Bhutlah (seeds saved in 2019)
• Bulgarian Carrot
• Georgescu Chocolate (saved seeds)
• Jimmy Nardello Italian x Corbaci F2 (saved seeds)
• Lipstick (saved seeds)
• Neapolitan (seeds sav...read more
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by Radishrain
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This article is interesting: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.12560
It gives us to know that sunroots are hexaploids (among lots of other interesting things).
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Here are some seeds from the sunroots I grew (I say they're wild because I got my original seeds from a wildflower store).
Anyway, I have a lot more seeds to go (these are all of this year's flowers):
Those pictures were taken maybe a couple days ago or so. I got more seeds out of so...read more
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I know our first frost was in October some time ago, and we've had lots of hard freezes since then. All the tomato plants are long dead, and most of the fruits are flat, soft, and/or and drained and dried (including the green, unripe ones). However, my Galapagos Island tomato plant (also long de...read more
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So, I'm making some Red-seeded Citron watermelon (AKA Colorado Preserving Melon, AKA Tsamma) crisp. It's basically a mock apple crisp. This is my second time making it. It tastes approximately like apple crisp. Sorry—I don't have exact proportions to tell you.
Filling ingredients:
* Citron w...read more
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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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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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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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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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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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* Drosophila suzukii (worms in berries)
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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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* Garden Cleanup, 2019
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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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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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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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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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