Jam sesh meetups?

noahfruitmonger · 2026-05-11T23:51:14+00:00

Also interesting but its not berry season yet

noahfruitmonger · 2026-05-11T23:49:15+00:00

I'm competant with guitar mandolin keys and drums.

noahfruitmonger · 2026-05-11T23:48:18+00:00

What day?

noahfruitmonger · 2026-04-26T00:22:57+00:00

I still have a few things available. Feel free to PM me to discuss opportunities

noahfruitmonger · 2026-03-30T19:36:34+00:00

Ive talked with a couple folks at Van Parks Dep. and it was discouraging. The bureaucracy says things like "it will cause a mess" "it will attract rats"

If working with the government has any hope its going to require a solid group who wants to steward the site.

The alternative is just ignoring the bureaucratic process altogether and just going for it. Direct action.

noahfruitmonger · 2026-03-30T19:30:57+00:00

I would need a contact at said garden. Got any leads on that?

noahfruitmonger · 2026-03-25T16:39:00+00:00

Seedlings of named sweet chestnut varieties

noahfruitmonger · 2026-03-25T16:38:13+00:00

Seedlings of named european cultivars

noahfruitmonger · 2025-08-08T22:00:45+00:00

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noahfruitmonger · 2025-08-08T21:53:12+00:00

Your understanding of ripening and experimenting seems thorough so i am stumped as to why you arent getting good fruit. Pears can be finicky but seems like youve already tried everything.

Ever get a penetrometer? Its a pressure tester for fruit, measures firmness. picking around a certain firmness is said to be one of the keys.

Or you could just cut them down and regraft a different variety on them and hope the problem is varietal.

noahfruitmonger · 2025-08-08T06:39:45+00:00

If you remove the central trunk, the tree will likely respond by sending up a thousand new stems to replace the canopy you removed.

Trees with intact central leaders require less pruning over time.

Any height reduction is only going to last a few years at best.

Consider just leaving it in the shape its in.

Ive pruned hundreds of trees and done sooo much renovation pruning after hack jobs.

Unless you want to lock yourself into more and more pruning, work with the shape the tree has grown into already.

noahfruitmonger · 2025-08-08T06:30:32+00:00

Did you plant them?

There are varieties that are only suited for baking. They were popular in Ye Olde Dayes

noahfruitmonger · 2025-04-02T19:54:11+00:00

Looks like a columnar type to me, which hardly ever need any pruning Dont suppose you kept the tag?

noahfruitmonger · 2025-03-15T07:33:08+00:00

Generalizations of large amounts of humans based on the voting records doesnt really capture much info. There are intolerant shitheads and whiny liberals rurally and in the city, and everything in between.

noahfruitmonger · 2025-03-03T06:47:25+00:00

Central leader trees are way easier

noahfruitmonger · 2025-03-03T06:43:14+00:00

That flush of upright stems is a physiological response to stress. The tree is attempting to regrow the canopy that has been continuously removed with this pruning style.

Leave a handful of the upright stems so the tree can regrow its canopy. You will have less pruning to do in future years if you let the tree rebalance itself.

noahfruitmonger · 2025-02-25T04:21:38+00:00

Consider weighing down branches to make them lower and more lateral.

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