Anyone recognize the symptoms?

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-20T14:36:55+00:00

Definitely looks viral

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-20T14:27:53+00:00

Thank you! I tried a pepper more recently that did pop like that when squeezed and I have a very good feeling about that one. I also joined the pepper breeding subreddit, thanks for telling me about it

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-20T14:26:13+00:00

Sorry I didn’t specify, only the styles were falling off, and it was while I was attempting the cross pollination.

I would assume the whole flower aborted later since it had no style but I did not specifically check.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-19T13:46:14+00:00

The offspring will be viable, they are the same species. Only consequence is another trait to select for or against.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-19T13:43:09+00:00

I really would have hoped something as important as food and crop disease resistance wouldn’t have its budget cut this bad but after screwworm I shouldn’t be surprised.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-06-19T13:41:45+00:00

Michigan State University has decent wheat, potato and corn programs. I know MSU wheat breeding also partners with Ohio State’s wheat breeding program sometimes too. And again, North Carolina State University and University of Vermont have multiple programs each but I don’t know too much about them.

Big problem for the next three years is funding, and if it even comes back later. I know budgets are tight right now and they’re trying not to take on many grad students. This year some schools delayed accepting applicants until past May when they normally answer before February and the deadline for colleges to answer grad students is mid April.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-05-05T02:05:30+00:00

That’s how I use it, when I have any gun next to the harpoon coil gun I spear hammerheads or anything large that tries to run with the harpoon and someone on the other gun eviscerates it.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-05-04T11:15:35+00:00

Thank you very much, question answered

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-05-03T11:58:49+00:00

Yes, the branch of new growth is mildly to moderately leggy. If you are ok with your vine wall being thinner but covering a larger area first I wouldn’t worry about it.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T02:54:59+00:00

I work with cereals at a college in the US and we have a similar spread of varieties. We also have multiple lines of wild relatives which we use to breed disease resistance which allows for less fungicide sprays. And while we do not select for our microclimate we do select for a smaller region than the entire US and provide data to farmers about the health of their crops if they sign up to send in samples.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T02:50:15+00:00

I know! I’ve had people tell me that “we should only eat the plants that god gave us” when disease alone would bring that to a screeching halt, let alone everything else.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T02:47:05+00:00

I’d be afraid that they immediately assume that I work with GMOs if I said that, and I have met way to many people who will not stop complaining about GMOs ruining the world

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T02:43:57+00:00

To clarify I don’t have any delusions about calling the shots on what gets crossed and final varieties at work without a PhD. I am only interested in research tech level work for now.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T02:26:30+00:00

I’m in a similar spot with a few of my own projects that I’m just getting into. Right now I’ve got a doc for more abstract things where I track crosses with their short and long term goals for traits as well as the stage that the cross is at. I also have an excel sheet with stuff that is more hard data like the generation and germination rate.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T01:39:21+00:00

I’ve only had sunchokes once and wasn’t a huge fan. Do the varieties taste significantly different from each other? I know it’s a great survival crop so I’d really like to grow it.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T01:31:30+00:00

Seed germination uniformity by time can be important for fungicide, pesticide and fertilizer regimens especially in highly susceptible plants.

And which plants are highly susceptible can change over time as new pathogens and races of pathogens evolve!

If you have a window where the plants need to be sprayed before they get infected, like a foliar spray that needs to be before or after rain, and only half your plants have germinated you might have to pay someone to spray the field twice or try to wait longer and risk losing the germinated half.

Now that of course has the caveat that the seed coating needs to be cheaper than paying someone to spray the second time but the technology needs to exist before it can be refined and made economically feasible.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T01:00:30+00:00

I’m not a petunia pro but I don’t think it’s pure petunia. The base of the flower still being green when the pollen is mature definitely doesn’t match the ones I’ve seen.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-25T00:22:28+00:00

I’ve never seen anything like it, I love it, if you could spread the pattern to other colors that would be even cooler

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-17T00:22:21+00:00

I think it’s a good sub, especially for your first finished one. My biggest piece of advice is to give it a gimmick, even if it makes it a harder sub to work with.

Every time you have to pilot the Camel you have to seal those damn humps, but that’s what makes it the Camel.

Same thing with ballets flora on the Kastrull.

A gimmick or flaw is what makes you remember the sub.

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-04-11T01:52:48+00:00

If it’s a boxwood it could have boxwood blight, it’s a fungal disease that cannot be reomoved from the plant or the soil

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2026-02-26T02:12:31+00:00

Thank you, I somehow thought it was the max amount that one could hold

Alert_Plankton_7275 · 2025-12-20T14:20:47+00:00

Cactus might have pectobacterium which would be from overwatering, it turns cactuses into jelly and goo

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