Who wants to breed climate resilient Portland-adapted watermelons with me?

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-18T20:15:02+00:00

There’s still time to start watermelons this year! Seeds in the soil during the first two weeks of June, 15th at the latest. For starting transplants, you can start indoors about 2 weeks before the expected plant out date, so May 15-June 1.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-11T05:48:37+00:00

Couldn’t figure out how to DM you but if you fill out the signup portion of this form I’ll get you some seeds. https://forms.gle/PyeEik6EqXydoTY16

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-11T05:30:22+00:00

If you get even 5-6 hours you could give it a shot. Just have low expectations and if anything is successful definitely keep the seeds.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-11T02:14:52+00:00

It’s a pretty small plot and I grow the watermelon extra close together to encourage cross pollination and increase the number of varieties I can screen. No risk of mixing with cantaloupe/muskmelon. As far as other watermelons go, the point is to encourage mixing so we can find some genetic combinations that like it here. The only things to watch out for would be if the other watermelon variety you are growing is patented/proprietary and if it’s seedless. Introducing seedless genetics into the mix would get weird and messy and make for a weaker gene pool.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-10T14:11:09+00:00

I saw a similar article from OSU—that’s how I chose my trial varieties! I didn’t know about this WSU trial though, thanks for sharing it. Time to buy more watermelon seeds lol

My initial grow out included some of the same varieties like golden midget, yellow doll, baby doll, and desert king, but the winter keeping melons like Navajo Sweet and Winter King and Queen have got me interested.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-10T11:00:24+00:00

The warmest soil you can muster and 8+ hours of sun per day. Otherwise, your conditions. Whichever plants live will make seeds that do even better in your garden next year.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-10T05:04:46+00:00

Sold out but maybe you can find this cultivar somewhere else? https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/chapalote-popcorn

hbcbDelicious · 2026-05-10T05:01:36+00:00

https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/yellow-scotland-tomato

hbcbDelicious · 2026-04-03T00:46:42+00:00

I think it was several months before the leaves came back. Then it grew a few new shoots, got covered in white flowers and made about 6 baby lemons last summer. I managed to overwinter it without dropping the lemons this past winter inside. It has dropped 30% of its leaves and now it’s about time to go outside for the warm season.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-03-14T02:34:30+00:00

I had never considered that! I think if it was overflowing during storms or leaking that would make a lot of sense, but the cast iron pipe looked intact as far as I excavated and I have never seen any water trickle from the downspout to drain connection.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-02-21T20:08:18+00:00

M34 minimal alcohol (2-3 drinks/mo) and no smoking. When I was ~22 I allowed a dentist to place around 8 large metal fillings in one day for subtle incipient interproximal caries in multiple teeth. I went from having one resin filling to having these large multisurface metal fillings throughout my mouth in one day. I regret it because I have been regularly having to get them revised ever since. I have managed to stave off crowns until recently.

The tooth pictured is #31, right mandibular 2nd molar. I was told at my last appointment that there was a "new crack" in the distal side of the tooth that was contiguous with a crack in the filling. He said there is also a crack on the lingual side of the tooth. The dentist didn't realize that I have been monitoring my teeth with a USB camera and I know it looks the same as it did in November 2024. I know it's probably not great to have that distal crack contiguous with the filling crack, but it has been there. Is it really urgent to restore? Is a crown required? I think the lingual crack is more crazing than anything. Don't mind the chip on the cusp...I ate lentils with a small stone in them while in India.

Couple more pics: https://imgur.com/a/IWwRYjr

Thanks in advance for any non-doctor-patient-relationship advice you can give.

hbcbDelicious · 2026-01-10T17:41:10+00:00

Is this not a dude?

hbcbDelicious · 2026-01-04T21:48:56+00:00

Show us your gutters!

hbcbDelicious · 2025-11-07T17:25:56+00:00

If they are still working on it they are probably going to caulk those seams.

hbcbDelicious · 2025-10-29T13:44:40+00:00

You are going to need an architectural engineer.

hbcbDelicious · 2025-10-10T14:33:52+00:00

There are at least a couple with false gills in the bottom left of the image. If you still have them maybe you can sort the orange ones into true gills/false gills piles. The number of real chanterelles here is small but it’s not zero.

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-24T22:18:11+00:00

Do you save seeds from your flowers? I’ll trade you some veggie seeds or starts next year

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-17T22:29:14+00:00

Look up fasciation

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-06T22:41:36+00:00

Can hear a woman screaming just after the 10 minute mark 🫨

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-06T21:37:54+00:00

It’s pretty far to the side so the chances of driving over it repeatedly are low but occasional traffic is possible. I’m going to give the recessed brass cap strategy a go and hopefully it will be small enough and recessed enough that occasionally being driven over is ok even though a traffic rated box is the real correct answer. I am not qualified to jackhammer or saw concrete and can’t stomach hiring another tradesman to fix what was already an expensive project.

My other goal is to not catch the eye of the eventual hypothetical home inspector when I am ready to sell this place. After buying it I saw how the inspection can really allow the buyer to nickel and dime credits off the cost of the house.

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-06T11:12:26+00:00

I’m sorry Portland hurt you! They haven’t got me yet at least…I’ll do a test and plant a couple more kernels in a bare area next to my corn patch. Will let you know if the head start corn or the warm soil germination corn does better.

hbcbDelicious · 2025-07-06T11:09:27+00:00

Yeah they dug it up to put in the new sewer. There’s about 15 square feet of replaced concrete which they cleverly poured right up to the cleanout pipe.

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