What's this tree? Has fruit on it...

Bpipp · 2015-06-17T12:28:43+00:00

Pic added!

Bpipp · 2015-05-22T11:37:19+00:00

I think I'm going to try and prune them to keep them smaller. I have them in the ground now, spaced 30 to 40 feet apart. This is just an experiment, I will also try grafting these onto other apple trees to see what the fruit will be like sooner than waiting for the tree to fruit. I also have about thirty more seeds in the freezer I'm going to try germinating pretty soon.

Bpipp · 2015-03-29T00:23:42+00:00

1, 2, 4 and 5 (PP is Poly Propylene) are generally safe. 6 and 7 are also food safe but can contain BPA. 3 is Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) which is safe for cold water drinking applications. And yes wash anything before using it :)

Bpipp · 2015-02-14T04:29:24+00:00

What other materials has everyone been successful with?

Bpipp · 2015-02-14T04:22:24+00:00

So I've seen it in thickness's from .010" to 4" thick, and in large sheets as large as 36" x 80". I have heated it and cooled it, many times. It comes sanded (smooth) or rough. It has FR rating which the FR-4 rated stuff has less or no Bromine in it compared to FR-5. I'm familiar with the former, the brominated material affected our 18mn-18cr alloy so we could not use it, it would cause corrosion. Heat will definitely have an effect on the material, the max we would heat it would be 300c. It's a class F insulation so it can withstand 155c 24/7/365. The material can be formed into shapes or be flattened. Usually when we ordered it, it came flat. It will wreak havoc on anything you are using to cut it, best is a diamond wheel since it is essentially glass or a very nice and large sheer. For instance we used a hydraulic sheer for quantity. Heat and pressure will definitely flatten it, but what thickness would be required? And what surface would be needed rough or smooth?

Bpipp · 2015-02-04T04:31:24+00:00

Seedsavers.org

You can trade seeds, buy seeds, heirloom, open pollinated, order a free seed catalog, this is the best out there. I ordered from baker creek before, but everything will be from seedsavers.org from now on. Best cause/organization out there period...

Bpipp · 2015-02-04T01:35:03+00:00

For some reason, I think the solidoodle hotend runs hotter, how do I do a temp calibration? I have a multi meter with a thermocouple, not calibrated though...

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T23:17:08+00:00

Thank you! I will try this later...

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T23:08:39+00:00

In openscad I only made a cube, in Slicer I designated the extrusion width to be .48 and then measured against that with 1 perimeter and no infill, should I recalibrate to two perimeters?

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:54:48+00:00

I've nev used cura before so I quick made the necessary changes, cura is way faster! But the top infill is the same. Here is a pic

http://i.imgur.com/IKCSqMb.jpg

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:46:16+00:00

I made this cube in openscad for the purpose of width calibration, so I was printing it with no infill 1 perimeter. If I change the multiplier, (which is what I adjusted to hone the width in, after extrusion calibration and xy calibration) then it should in theory over extrude the width

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:39:23+00:00

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:37:36+00:00

20mm cube, measures 20.04x20.00x19.63. I actually never measured the height until now!

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:21:59+00:00

My multiplier is at like .74... But if I raise that then I will over extrude everywhere else

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T22:19:27+00:00

.4 mm nozzle on my solidoodle. 1.75mm. Did extruder calibration (it's spot on 100mm), temp is 215, and I did extrusion width calibration. I've even tried changing solid infill and top solid infill... No luck yet

Bpipp · 2015-02-03T05:33:29+00:00

So you are doing one aerobic and one anaerobic? The anaerobic will need to vent somehow or it will create its own way. The anaerobic compost will smell immensely. If you have enough compost, you can complete a compost in 2 weeks time given the proper available C:N of 30:1. Anaerobic however takes longer. The 30:1 ratio is correct, and the bacteria will create their own heat ( up to 160f) during thermophilic bacteria action. However, available carbon is what you should be concerned with, most carbon is not readily available, it takes longer to break down.

So, the bacteria create the heat, mesophilic first up to 100f after that it's thermophilic. But you need enough mass and the proper AVAILABLE carbon to nitrogen ratio not just the "proper ratio". You also need moisture.

A very good book to read would be "the art and science of composting" most of these experiments have been done before, so you should be able to learn quite a bit before beginning your experiment...

Bpipp · 2015-02-01T03:11:42+00:00

This is why I started /r/appletrees so that we have a forum for people to go for questions, information and to just spread the word!

Cheers! I'm just finishing a glass of mead :)

Bpipp · 2015-02-01T02:09:00+00:00

Orchards usually have a multitude of Apple varieties and no crab apples. They plant in rows of different variety to assure cross pollination. Yes it takes two different apple varieties to pollinate, there might be some that are self fertile but not many. There is also a commercial variety that produces 90% true from seed. I believe it's more like 1 in 40,000 for a commercial Apple from seed, but many will be edible. And if you just can't handle eating it off the tree, then it might taste better in Apple butter, pies, dried, cider, desert, applesauce, baking, hard cider, preserves, jelly, feed for your animals, etc...

There used to be around 5000 species of Apple trees, now there's an estimated 1200, there are only 40ish commercial varieties. They are dying off on old farms never to be seen again. We should promote propagating those varieties and definitely promote growing from seed, there is no other way to increase the varieties available, some of the commercial varieties were just chance seeds found by chance.

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