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- Sat 21-Jan-2023, 08:54
- Forum: Plum
- Topic: caterpillars?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1627
Re: caterpillars?
It is quite common for European plums like prune plum or Green Gage to take a rest on alternate years (though usually there is a reduced crop not a nonexistent crop). In addition to that we had a very cool moist spring which may have affected the fruit set for your plums and reduced pollination. At ...
- Sat 10-Dec-2022, 13:17
- Forum: Sweet Potatoes
- Topic: Sweet potatoes in winter, inside
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3322
Re: Sweet potatoes in winter, inside
I think you will have success this way, though the plants will be on the weak side as they come out of winter. I had better success with rooted plants in soil then those in water. By the way, we did manage to get abundant harvest of tubers from our potted sweet potatoes done in large 25 gallon pots....
- Fri 21-Oct-2022, 13:57
- Forum: 1. Cover the ground with organic matter
- Topic: Wood chipping
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3032
Re: Wood chipping
I used a chipper called a BearCat from Echo. The fine chips is probably it's best feature. I struggle with any larger branches especially if they are forked since the feeder chute is fairly small so everything needs to be chopped up by hand to make it slim enough to fit through the feeder. A second ...
- Fri 09-Sep-2022, 13:48
- Forum: 3. Saving seeds
- Topic: Saving and sharing seeds: ideas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4019
Re: Saving and sharing seeds: ideas
thanks for this very inspiring post! I recently heard of a refugee family from Ukraine that has moved to Chilliwack. They had, in there very limited luggage, a significant seed collection. Her comment to someone questioning her choice of luggage was...you've never gone hungry! Good point on not spre...
- Sat 27-Aug-2022, 10:25
- Forum: Bokashi
- Topic: Bokashi hacks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1730
Re: Bokashi hacks
Maybe crazy, maybe won't work, but Andrew loves experiments, so in his honour here's what we're up to. We've just got our first full bucket of bokashi. We're learning. As so many have noted on this forum, keeping the bokashi process going requires us to move it from its first bin to another in orde...
- Sat 27-Aug-2022, 10:19
- Forum: 3. Saving seeds
- Topic: saving marigold seeds
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1172
Re: saving marigold seeds
As long as everything is good and dry you will be fine Lana, to have some petals mixed in. I am remembering the old icecream pail of seeds in my grandfather's workshop, he haversted the entire finished flower and dried them in the sun before storing them in his shop. In spring when it was time to so...
- Sat 27-Aug-2022, 10:16
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Fighting a maple tree
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2245
Re: Fighting a maple tree
Ah, sigh, I wish it weren't so! :) Thanks Jack. I had no idea about root pruning and its effects. Do you think even digging the trench deeper and putting some sheet of metal as a vertical barrier in the trench is just a losing battle? No, I think this will work at least for a few years If I do the ...
- Sat 27-Aug-2022, 10:10
- Forum: D. Permaculture
- Topic: Espalier apple trees
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2795
Re: Espalier apple trees
The trees have had a nice opportunity to put down some roots. As a result if you do the hard cut back in early spring, the tree will respond by pushing out some strong new growth which you can train for your espalier. Because they are partially established you will likely get two tiers if not the st...
- Mon 22-Aug-2022, 14:45
- Forum: Beans
- Topic: bean shoots all eaten
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1369
Re: bean shoots all eaten
I doubt that your issue is pill bugs as they tend to feed on decomposing organic material. If you are getting small and numerous holes in the leaves as they emerge (often killing the plant before it has a chance to put out more leaves) you are probably dealing with a flea beetle or bean leaf beetle....
- Mon 22-Aug-2022, 14:25
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Fighting a maple tree
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2245
Re: Fighting a maple tree
Kurtis, you are fighting a bit of a losing battle because if you trench and cut the roots or the tree you are root pruning the tree which promotes an abundance of feeder roots in the very place where you are trying to combat the roots. I the nursery industry root pruning is done to promote a dense a...