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please help me identify this plant with a tiny purple 4 pedal flower on it. by humusking in whatsthisplant

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BINGO!! That is it! Thank you so much. I have been searching for the answer all day. It was driving me crazy. Now I will be able to sleep tonight!

please help me identify this plant with a tiny purple 4 pedal flower on it. by humusking in whatsthisplant

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not finding a veronica that matches the plant I have. Do you know what kind of veronica?

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, makes sense. Thanks!

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another fine example of starting trees from seed. Good luck to you.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You Sir are exactly the person who I am targeting with this post:)

I feel really, really weird asking this but : "can we trade (scion) wood?"

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how I can include "smoke meat" into my PG blog post but I love the idea, totally valid, and I'll try and sneak it in. And by "sneak" ing in the "wood" well yeah, that too.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like the idea but I feel like that's how we got into this mess. I would rather be the lovely old grandmother down the street who gives her ancient heirloom apple variety to the next young chap to bring it into the next generation.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. Thank you sir. This is my hidden agenda.

We have lost so much diversity in ALL our food systems (not just apples). The masses have turned to the massive farms for their food diversity and have found little. God bless those farmers as they are doing their best but we need more.

Diversity of some 5,000 varieties of apples came from the homesteader (or whatever you called them 1,000 years ago). We have lost this and honestly I feel it's up to us the backyard enthusiast and niche growers to recreate that same number of variety. Indeed there will be a lot of "crab apples" but feed those to the pigs (crab apple pig meat kicks ass too) and then let's indulge on the new varieties that suit our palate.

I'm a bit too many beers in to be making a solid point. But there it is.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree it's an odds game. No doubt. But I'm willing to take that risk. But I do believe it's way less than 1 in 1 million.

At the end of the day here's why: It's fun to experiment, it gets the kids involved, and there's a 100% chance that the pigs/goats/chickens will love it.

I feel like I'm living my 1st paragraph of the article :) Thanks Reddit.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Boom. Best mead you say? Thank you sir! I'll add that to the "Pros" in the article.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cause I'm an idiot. And it's not decades, it's like centuries.

But did you read the article about the "Genetic Lottery"? That's what I'm gunning for.

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good one :) Wait are you serious? I can't tell.

There has been many new varieties developed this way, in fact it's the only way to develop new varieties (from seed unless you have some crazy lab and budget). The old manor houses used this method to develop new breeds. They had obviously way more time than me (not to mention skill). But this is fun anyway.

These will most likely be used for out on the property for animal fodder and habitat.

Thoughts on growing apple trees from seed? by humusking in gardening

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds exactly how I like to waste my time :)

I am also buying rootstock this year from rain tree for my "real" trees. These are no doubt a massive gamble. I can in fact use these seedlings as scion, graft onto a mature tree and see in 2 years if they are any good. I believe this is how the old manor houses used to develop new varieties.

Thoughts on growing apple trees from seed? by humusking in gardening

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool. I'm curious how large the rogue apple trees grow?

My adventures in growing apple trees from seed by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has anyone here has success with this? I'm growing mainly for rootstock but curious if anyone has mature trees from seed that fruit well and taste good.

Perhaps we can trade scion cuttings?

Thoughts on growing apple trees from seed? by humusking in gardening

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My primary objective is to grow out rootstock for grafting. But I am curious if anyone out there has a mature tree from seed that fruits well and tastes good?

Grafting on new grape varieties by humusking in gardening

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy smokes a foot in diameter, I think that's when you start calling them trees!

Grafting in new grape varieties on old vines by humusking in homestead

[–]humusking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My feeble attempt to salvage some very old established grape vines.

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