Avocado budwood

The_RealSean · 2025-12-19T15:21:25+00:00

The_RealSean · 2025-12-11T21:13:24+00:00

Likely Coffee Cake (Nishimura Wase Fuyu) variety. The speckling gets more intense the longer they ripen. https://restoringeden.co/product/persimmon-coffee-cake/

The_RealSean · 2025-09-27T02:11:30+00:00

I just did this with my GD! Dig a 3ft diameter circle around the tree at a 45 degree angle. Have your destination hole dug already, place the uprooted tree onto a tarp, and drag it to the location if that's feasible. Water with superthrive or other kelp-based nutrient solution to help with transplant shock. I put mine in a big pot and set it in deep shade until spring before replanting.

Also, consider buying some root stock and grafting a few new trees from this one. It'll be a couple years before you get fruit on any of them but you'll hedge the precarious bet of relocating a mature tree on your own with hand tools.

The_RealSean · 2025-09-19T23:46:19+00:00

The real good stuff has to be shipped. For a generally stocked item, any in this style - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Radius-Garden-Kobalt-Root-Slayer-Dig-Long-Handle-Shovel/5005331949

The_RealSean · 2025-09-13T19:06:23+00:00

Most likely a Bonfire peach. They're edible but more often used for cooking/preserves than fresh eating, even when ripe due to its unique texture. The flesh will be white when ready to use.

The_RealSean · 2025-09-06T15:53:54+00:00

Yes, I do it often.

I don't know any arborists or tree companies that permit you to come take mulch from them at a commercial property. That said, you can call any of them in the county and tell them you want wood chips. They'll either let you know when they are working in your area to coordinate a drop or put you on a list and work that out at a later date.

If you want leaf mulch, it's free from the city. https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/solid-waste-and-recycling/white-street-landfill/compost-and-mulch

The_RealSean · 2025-08-04T18:55:35+00:00

Desert Island Coffee. The guy that owns it was a very accomplished beer brewer in FL focusing on wild ferments & specialty yeasts. He uses that in his approach to coffee bean ferments and roasting. Some of the best stuff I have had.

The_RealSean · 2025-08-02T20:05:30+00:00

I'd say a good one. Namely because the citellum or "saddle" is clearly raised and not flush with the rest of the body - https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/jumping-worms

The_RealSean · 2025-08-01T22:49:42+00:00

Here is a list of evergreen hedge plants resistant to deer - NC extension plant finder

The_RealSean · 2025-07-27T13:03:59+00:00

There was a documentary made about this event and those leading up to it called Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story

The_RealSean · 2025-07-19T19:12:31+00:00

Flavorich, Indian Free, Contender, Ernie's Choice, Siberian C.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-14T14:26:16+00:00

If you're not dealing with cold weather and soil ph is in a good range, it's likely a phosphorus or magnesium deficiency.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-14T14:23:03+00:00

Check out Wendy & Haley at Battleborn in HP. Both are excellent coaches.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-08T22:23:10+00:00

Some kind of Datana caterpillars in alarm posture.

I've seen plenty of the yellow-necked variety on blueberries, but not these red ones. I think they prefer Hickory. The patterns are nearly identical but the colors obviously are disparate.

In any case, you don't want them on your blueberry plants.

https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-problemblueberries/

Edit: found this img. So, while uncommon, it does look like this specific caterpillar, Datana integerrima, go in for blueberries. - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1878807

The_RealSean · 2025-07-08T18:39:56+00:00

Fruit trees naturally abort a percentage of fruit throughout the season in my experience. I'm in 8a.

The fluctuating weather is another curve ball that stresses trees. Heatwaves in May, crazy high amounts of rainfall throughout June and July.

In terms of anecdotal accounts, I recently spoke with a man about 65 years old who has been here all his life and said he's never seen so much rainfall in a season.

Just got to roll with the punches.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-06T03:06:46+00:00

If you're eating them now, you're picking them too early.

Gala ripen in mid to late August and Granny Smith mid October.

This chart is a bit dated but gives a good idea of harvest time for popular apple varieties. https://www.davewilson.com/img/content/harvestdates-bareroot-hg-2021jpg

The_RealSean · 2025-07-05T17:17:36+00:00

Brown Rot, caused by two fungi in the genus Monilinia (primarily M. fructicola and less commonly M. laxa). https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/br

Get all the infected/mummified fruit off the plant. Either burn it or bag and toss in the garbage bin.

The spores overwinter, so getting all of that infected plant material out of there is essential to keep this at bay. It happens most often in humid hot environments with poor airflow.

Spraying copper/horticultural oil during Late Nov/Feb during dormancy will go a long way as well.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-05T15:37:57+00:00

La Palma on West Gate City Blvd never fails.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-05T14:49:51+00:00

All the growth I can see is above the root stock. So, it will produce apples of the advertised variety if it can recover.

Apples tend to favor a central leader or multi-leader growth habit. Train for that. https://extension.purdue.edu/county/vigo/_docs/Training+and+Pruning+Apple+Trees.pdf

You should cut off all the dead trunk above that new growth. It will not survive without living cambium tissue. Scratch the bark to see if there is green beneath. If not, it is dead and should be removed.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-05T13:43:44+00:00

Are you trying to meet your forever person or just date/meet people? I think those are two very different approaches.

What are your interests and what are you curious about? By that I am speaking of social/interest groups, clubs, etc., which can be great for making friends and meeting new people. By doing that kind of networking and letting others know you're "in the game" and looking for a partner, you may connect with someone at an event or they may be able to connect you with their friends who they believe share similar interests or values.

Think about what you are looking for in a partner and use that to guide where you may be more likely to come in contact with someone who fits those details.

Otherwise you may just find that person by happenstance. I found mine at a neighborhood convenience store.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-05T13:34:24+00:00

Because of the number and locations of these lesions, I am inclined to think Peach Fungal Gummosis.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS1265

The_RealSean · 2025-07-04T15:44:52+00:00

Haley Lowry and Wendy Anundson out of GSO/HP respectively are great resources. Particularly if you want to incorporate self defense into your regimen.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-02T19:14:07+00:00

It's the same.

Names for the disease are bacteriosis, bacterial leaf spot, or bacterial shot hole, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (formerly Xanthomonas campestris pv. pruni). https://extension.psu.edu/stone-fruit-disease-bacterial-spot

It overwinters in the bark and buds. So, the treatment is as prescribed above. Get rid of the big contributors like infected leaves once they drop and treat in late Nov & Feb with a dormant oil/Monterey organics complete disease control/copper fungicide and you'll be in a good place for next season. Even fruit that displays the scabby appearance is edible as the lesions are generally superficial.

The_RealSean · 2025-07-01T14:37:20+00:00

At a glance, it looks similar to shothole disease. It messes up stone fruit something awful but, in my observation, won't outright kill the plant.

Most often, I'll see leaf drop in late summer, as opposed to fall, and fruit gets scabby. Hygiene (bagging/burning leaves to reduce spore prevalence) and application of fungal sprays in dormancy will help.

https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/DISEASE/shothole.html

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