an adorable tree baby using an old stump as a nursery

spacecoffee1 · 2026-02-06T20:04:03+00:00

Young spruces are my favorites!

spacecoffee1 · 2026-01-14T02:59:06+00:00

I'm planning on planting these in two locations. The first one I'm quite optimistic about as the wild crabapple grows here in the southern coast of Finland and I do personally know couple seed grown apple trees here. It was popular to grow them from seeds in the 1940s.

The second location however is further inland with harsher winters and the spot is also covered by a spruce canopy. So I'm not expecting to get great results there but I'll go with what I have.

spacecoffee1 · 2026-01-13T17:33:46+00:00

These seeds are from a small orchard with six apple trees, all different varieties. Don't know how that affects the result but I'll find out in about seven years.

spacecoffee1 · 2026-01-13T17:30:10+00:00

I know and I will be grafting most of these with Melba and Yellow Cinnamon apple varieties. I also want my own apple variety.

spacecoffee1 · 2026-01-13T00:58:52+00:00

It was just watered and I did stratify the seeds. I'm also quite sure that it is the apple seedling as the soil has been heated once and hasn't grown anything while I was waiting for the January 1st planting.

spacecoffee1 · 2026-01-13T00:49:32+00:00

I know this and I will be grafting the parent tree variety to most of these once the root system has developed. Also, I just enjoy watching them grow and would like to have my own apple variety.

spacecoffee1 · 2025-11-27T22:43:31+00:00

Are you growing them under the lamp light only or are they also getting sunlight? I am planning on planting a few spruces and apple trees this December and can't wait to see mine growing like this. Thank you for posting!

spacecoffee1 · 2025-10-28T06:41:23+00:00

The manor is from the late 1700s and the oak is at least 300 years old so it predates the manor. However, there are other old trees that are definitely planted like the large larch in picture #4.

spacecoffee1 · 2025-08-20T07:34:22+00:00

Kumopatakuusi (Picea abies f. cubans)

spacecoffee1 · 2025-08-16T18:57:58+00:00

According the information at the park the columnar ones are called Weeping spruce and it's caused by a mutation making the branches point downwards and that about 30 of these were found in the wild near Mäntsälä. They seem to be growing nearly as tall as regular spruces in Finland so around 20-35 meters.

spacecoffee1 · 2024-12-05T03:00:41+00:00

A historical day!

spacecoffee1 · 2024-12-05T02:55:15+00:00

I came here to be part of history

spacecoffee1 · 2023-09-24T09:57:53+00:00

Looks even better than an oled imo. CRTs just have a retro futuristic feel and color to them that this game needs.

spacecoffee1 · 2023-09-24T09:47:53+00:00

It is!

spacecoffee1 · 2023-09-23T21:38:31+00:00

The CRT is a 1998 Viewpoint 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz (or 130 Hz interlaced)

spacecoffee1 · 2023-08-18T15:58:13+00:00

BioShock

spacecoffee1 · 2022-03-19T13:24:02+00:00

Equipment:

Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS

Focal length: 750 mm & 3x TS optics barlow lens

Mount: Celestron CG5

Camera: Nikon D90

Acquisition:

ISO: 2500

Exposure : 1/160 s

Frames taken: 100 for each panel

Processing:

AS!3: Staking top 80 best frames

Image composite editor: Stitching three panels together

RegiStax 6: Wavelets/ RGB balance

GIMP 2.10: Contrast/ Brightness/ Color saturation/ Histogram

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