Deluxestogie Grow Log 2020
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I have owls, hawks, kestrels and foxes (saw one in the dark two nights ago). With the two large brush piles that I maintain in the back of the property, and no invasive species (dogs and cats), I also have a somewhat balanced ecosystem. The diversity of wildlife just outside my door is the result of not killing those that don't comport with my lifestyle, or having pets that chase and eat them.
It is true, that I seldom saw a deer rummage through my plants while my huge, stinky dog, Shanghai, was bringing joy to my life, and worrying about me. These days, the mice and rats scurry around at a minimal and tolerant population level. When my ambient ecosystem was further out of balance, I would see boom years and bust years of rodents and rabbits. The greater the natural diversity of predator/prey species, the more stable the system.
Bob
It is true, that I seldom saw a deer rummage through my plants while my huge, stinky dog, Shanghai, was bringing joy to my life, and worrying about me. These days, the mice and rats scurry around at a minimal and tolerant population level. When my ambient ecosystem was further out of balance, I would see boom years and bust years of rodents and rabbits. The greater the natural diversity of predator/prey species, the more stable the system.
Bob
I finally managed to put 12 tobacco transplants into the ground (Swarr-Hibshman). More to come.
Bob
Bob
Here's the story. My Oh Deere! lawn tractor won't be back from the shop until two days ago. But when you divide the hypotenuse by the square root of CoVID-19, it won't really be back for another five days.
So you now have the rare treat of seeing my lawn deep enough to hide a small goat.
This evening, I transplanted 15 Prilep 66-9/7, of which only about 12 of them are big enough to likely survive. These are planted into a half-bed, while the Swarr-Hibshman planted yesterday are occupying ¾ of a full bed, as can plainly be seen in the photos.
Bob
So you now have the rare treat of seeing my lawn deep enough to hide a small goat.
This evening, I transplanted 15 Prilep 66-9/7, of which only about 12 of them are big enough to likely survive. These are planted into a half-bed, while the Swarr-Hibshman planted yesterday are occupying ¾ of a full bed, as can plainly be seen in the photos.
Bob
Oldfella
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Give them a day devided by your by your formula above remember to add 15 and devide by 12. Sound's good anyway. Good luck with them they will be OK.Here's the story. My Oh Deere! lawn tractor won't be back from the shop until two days ago. But when you divide the hypotenuse by the square root of CoVID-19, it won't really be back for another five days.
So you now have the rare treat of seeing my lawn deep enough to hide a small goat.
This evening, I transplanted 15 Prilep 66-9/7, of which only about 12 of them are big enough to likely survive. These are planted into a half-bed, while the Swarr-Hibshman planted yesterday are occupying ¾ of a full bed, as can plainly be seen in the photos.
Bob
Cheers
Oldfella
The astute reader might notice that my tobacco seed began its germination journey 12 weeks ago. So I'm transplanting at 3 months, and only a small proportion of the seedlings have reached my typical 2 month size. And yes, they will likely be okay. Or they won't, and I'll have "that horrible spring of 2020" to talk about.
Bob
Bob
No lawn tractor, and the yard is overgrown. Way overgrown. I've decided not to transplant any more tobacco, until the surrounding, high grass is mowed in ~2 days. Tall grass is like a beach party for herbivore insects, and they are more likely to have some baby tobacco for dessert.
At mid-day today, my electricity was shut down to repair yet another broken power pole somewhere down the road, caused by another distracted driver. So no Internet. And without my well pump, I have no water either. That means no gardening, since I can't wash my hands. The power was out for about 5 hours.
To amuse myself, I decided to wander the yard with my camera, and photograph some things that are never allowed to appear.
My marigolds are at least surviving.
Peppermint.
My "spectacular sunset", expected from the Sahara dust cloud that has now reached Virginia, just looked like viewing an ordinary sunset through a dirty window pane. Not worth a photo.
Bob
At mid-day today, my electricity was shut down to repair yet another broken power pole somewhere down the road, caused by another distracted driver. So no Internet. And without my well pump, I have no water either. That means no gardening, since I can't wash my hands. The power was out for about 5 hours.
To amuse myself, I decided to wander the yard with my camera, and photograph some things that are never allowed to appear.
My marigolds are at least surviving.
Peppermint.
My "spectacular sunset", expected from the Sahara dust cloud that has now reached Virginia, just looked like viewing an ordinary sunset through a dirty window pane. Not worth a photo.
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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My guess is a rose.
Oldfella
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That's what thought as well.
Oldfella
Behind the wooden fence (with the vanishing paint) is a rough area loaded with wild blackberries. They like to send out roots that extend 5 or 6 feet from the parent cane. The plant coming up through the grass is a wild blackberry. My Prime Jim (hybrid) blackberries are big, fat and juicy. The wild ones are small, but flavorful.
Bob
EDIT: Blackberry and rose are in the same botanical family (Rosaceae), and have similar geometry. Of course, apple and pear are also in Rosaceae.
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Oldfella
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Yummy, Black Berry and Apple pie. Can't make one. No wild black Berries. Winter!!!
Behind the wooden fence (with the vanishing paint) is a rough area loaded with wild blackberries. They like to send out roots that extend 5 or 6 feet from the parent cane. The plant coming up through the grass is a wild blackberry. My Prime Jim (hybrid) blackberries are big, fat and juicy. The wild ones are small, but flavorful.
Bob
EDIT: Blackberry and rose are in the same botanical family (Rosaceae), and have similar geometry. Of course, apple and pear are also in Rosaceae.
Rhubarb is another.
Cheers
Oldfella
All the blossoms on my apples, pears and blackberries were killed by a record breaking, late frost. So no apples or pears this year. The blackberries just grew new canes, but lost the "early" crop that I usually get from my everbearing variety. I also see no fruit forming on the black walnut trees.
Bob
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Oldfella
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Sorry about that. I don't think I could handle that kinda cold. When I was a kid we lived much further south and got huge Frost's, didn't bother me then, we only rarely got late Frost's though and people used to weep and wring their hands, "my potatoes, my tomatoes." Still life bumbles on. It'll all be good.
Cheers
Oldfella
I seldom worry about my potatoes and my tomatoes, but I frequently worry about my ten toes, when the weather is cold. My metabolism retired years ago. My circulatory system is aspirational. That's why I develop so many new pipe blends each winter. I spend it in my well-heated study. I do, however, anticipate a certain fruit and vegetable productivity out of each growing season. It's part of my argument for not buying winter veggies shipped from Timbuktu.
Bob
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dubhelix
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yeah man. Same here. Killed back the grapes, kiwis, mulberry, etc.
Sitting out on my front porch at 10:30 pm tonight, the sky is clear, no wind, and a temperature floating at about 70°F. Truly lovely. Off in the distance, about 5° above the horizon, I noticed flashes of lightning, but no sound. Not a peep.
I opened a weather map, showing the current radar. The nearest storm in that direction is between Roanoke and Lynchburg. So I'm watching lightning that is roughly 60 miles away. Since the radar is otherwise fairly clear, I have no trouble identifying the exact storm causing the lightning.
I've never really considered how far away distant lightning might be. Of course, driving through the plains, or up the Rockies front range, I have noted distant lightning storms, but I didn't have the tool to know where the storm was located. When I was on active duty, flying around 50,000 feet, I could see lightning storms hundreds of miles away. But I could also see the curvature of the Earth. Here, I'm just sitting on my little old porch.
Given that big cumulonimbus clouds can top out above 50,000 feet, I suppose I might be able to see their lightning from my porch, hundreds of miles away. During the time it's taken me to fiddle with the graphic, and type this post, the lightning storm has moved another 30 miles away (so now about 90 miles from me), and the lightning appears the same as before.
Bob
I opened a weather map, showing the current radar. The nearest storm in that direction is between Roanoke and Lynchburg. So I'm watching lightning that is roughly 60 miles away. Since the radar is otherwise fairly clear, I have no trouble identifying the exact storm causing the lightning.
I've never really considered how far away distant lightning might be. Of course, driving through the plains, or up the Rockies front range, I have noted distant lightning storms, but I didn't have the tool to know where the storm was located. When I was on active duty, flying around 50,000 feet, I could see lightning storms hundreds of miles away. But I could also see the curvature of the Earth. Here, I'm just sitting on my little old porch.
Given that big cumulonimbus clouds can top out above 50,000 feet, I suppose I might be able to see their lightning from my porch, hundreds of miles away. During the time it's taken me to fiddle with the graphic, and type this post, the lightning storm has moved another 30 miles away (so now about 90 miles from me), and the lightning appears the same as before.
Bob
Yesterday, I finally had a handful of surviving seedlings that had reached a size to transplant--two months later than usual. I think of this season as an agricultural experiment
I have mixed varieties in the beds, since the initial transplants suffered a high mortality. I selected an intermingled variety that would be foolproof to distinguish from original transplants.
Prilep needs stress and crowding to be at its best. Olor does it's best to stress and crowd its neighbors. A happy couple.
Here, we have Laurel and Hardy.
"Ollie. Ollie."
"What...is it? Can't you see that I am busy?"
The veggies aren't doing a whole lot better. I shrug. My planned 48 Corojo 99 plants will now be a mere 8, out of 60 starts. I will probably be able to fill one more bed during the next couple of days, with the 3 Indonesian varieties, Little Dutch and Piloto Cubano.
Bob
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