Oldfella
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My tractor, Mitey,Tired, Mower,
Done went and threw a blade bearing and really threw it's toys out of its cot. Hope you had better luck.
Oldfella
Deluxestogie Grow Log 2020
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Done went and threw a blade bearing and really threw it's toys out of its cot. Hope you had better luck.
Oldfella
Ainaro Potty Training
Neither of the two Timor-Leste Ainaro (for which @Tutu collected seed) appear to be even remotely thinking about forming a bud. With potential frosts on the way, I decided to pot-train the shorter of the two, so that I could bring it indoors on frosty nights, and continue to grow it on my enclosed back porch during the winter, if needed.
This variety is the oddest Nicotiana tabacum that I have grown, in that it appears to be a vague hybrid of the Samsun Oriental family. I still, of course, have no idea what it tastes like. Although I've attempted to sun-cure the primed leaves, they have spent much of their time in the shed, due to rainy conditions.
I used a pick ax to dig a root ball about the size of my scientifically designed Ainaro pot, and in the process discovered that the roots really didn't extend much beyond that small perimeter.
With such a small pot for the base of such a tall plant (~4½ feet), I positioned it into the corner of my front porch, and braced it with a hazel switch across the stalk.
Since this will likely be moved indoors and back out again many times, before the persistently cold weather begins, I anchored one end of the switch with a coffee bag closure, and the more distant end with a nylon cable tie.
Bob
Neither of the two Timor-Leste Ainaro (for which @Tutu collected seed) appear to be even remotely thinking about forming a bud. With potential frosts on the way, I decided to pot-train the shorter of the two, so that I could bring it indoors on frosty nights, and continue to grow it on my enclosed back porch during the winter, if needed.
This variety is the oddest Nicotiana tabacum that I have grown, in that it appears to be a vague hybrid of the Samsun Oriental family. I still, of course, have no idea what it tastes like. Although I've attempted to sun-cure the primed leaves, they have spent much of their time in the shed, due to rainy conditions.
I used a pick ax to dig a root ball about the size of my scientifically designed Ainaro pot, and in the process discovered that the roots really didn't extend much beyond that small perimeter.
With such a small pot for the base of such a tall plant (~4½ feet), I positioned it into the corner of my front porch, and braced it with a hazel switch across the stalk.
Since this will likely be moved indoors and back out again many times, before the persistently cold weather begins, I anchored one end of the switch with a coffee bag closure, and the more distant end with a nylon cable tie.
Bob
I laughed very hard at that.
The Ease of "Ship to Home"
The carton was about 36" long, 20" wide and 15" deep. None of the contents were breakable. I would guess the packing paper came to about 40 feet in length x 36". (Too bad it's not particularly well suited for use as TP. It comes to about the same surface area as 4 of the TP rolls.) The TP and PT were the smallest quantities they would ship.
Bob
The carton was about 36" long, 20" wide and 15" deep. None of the contents were breakable. I would guess the packing paper came to about 40 feet in length x 36". (Too bad it's not particularly well suited for use as TP. It comes to about the same surface area as 4 of the TP rolls.) The TP and PT were the smallest quantities they would ship.
Bob
New thread: Quarantine shipping.The Ease of "Ship to Home"
The carton was about 36" long, 20" wide and 15" deep. None of the contents were breakable. I would guess the packing paper came to about 40 feet in length x 36". (Too bad it's not particularly well suited for use as TP. It comes to about the same surface area as 4 of the TP rolls.) The TP and PT were the smallest quantities they would ship.
Bob
By the time this stuff is over I’m going to know the tips and sleights and tricks so well my wife won’t be able to blast me out of the house with Nitro.
I guess I really need to harvest all my tobacco this week.
Bob
Bob
That's all compostable material. The cardboard also makes nice weed barrier for a season. At the end of the season it can be pulled up and added to the compost pile. The brown paper makes great kindling and can be put in the bottom of your tobacco pots to keep the dirt from falling out. It's like getting free gifts with every orderThe Ease of "Ship to Home"
The carton was about 36" long, 20" wide and 15" deep. None of the contents were breakable. I would guess the packing paper came to about 40 feet in length x 36". (Too bad it's not particularly well suited for use as TP. It comes to about the same surface area as 4 of the TP rolls.) The TP and PT were the smallest quantities they would ship.
Bob
The more important question though is why only one 12 pack of toilet paper?
Mushroom Pretense
Golf ball on a T.
Scary! Fake spider. Note hidden spycam.
Half past shroom.
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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What kind of trees are growing near those?
Mushroom Pretense
Golf ball on a T.
Scary! Fake spider. Note hidden spycam.
Half past shroom.
Bob
These show up each year in an arc segment surrounding a large white pine. This particular area gets the most persistent shade throughout the day.
Bob
EDIT: We had a discussion about these same mushrooms several years ago that culminated in a spore print that had the wrong color. That's all I recall about it.
Bob
EDIT: We had a discussion about these same mushrooms several years ago that culminated in a spore print that had the wrong color. That's all I recall about it.
ChinaVoodoo
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I recall concluding they were likely Chlorophyllum molybdites last time. But if I was seeing this for the first time, I would say that mushroom doesn't have a yellow cap and that this looks almost, but not quite like Amanita muscaria. Not yellow enough, growing with the wrong trees.
Edit: not the wrong trees. There's a regional difference.
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ChinaVoodoo
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Your photos were pretty bad last time. The stalks look much thicker, this year. Are there multiple species in the same patch, maybe?
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Deluxestogie Grow Log 2018
Five days ago, I noticed a Monarch butterfly dangling by one leg from a disorganized spider web near the ceiling of my front porch. It was immobile. There was no spider in sight. Being a kind person, I used my fly swatter to reach up there, and gently free the butterfly from its entanglement...
Same mushroom. Same camera. Different growing seasons.
Bob
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Mint, marigolds and mushrooms. Just a transient joy. Below, you can see their relationship to the white pine tree.
Once the mushrooms mature, the caps can become fairly large.
Here is the same mushroom without a hand blocking the view.
They start off as buttons, then eventually end up with a concave bowl of a cap.
I re-plant marigolds every spring. They seemed to enjoy this iffy summer.
And a token tobacco pic:
Liquiça to the left, and Ainaro to the right.
The Liquiça has formed buds that will open in about a week--if they don't freeze to death. I considered digging the single Liquiça, and placing it into a pot, as I did with one of the two Ainaro, but it would be too tall indoors. (I do have another Liquiça that was grown on my front porch, in a small pot.)
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Will you lop it off at the ground and grow a new plant from it?
I will just cross my fingers with the Liquiça in the garden. The Agribon AG-15 bud bag sort of gives it some frost protection. That is about 2°F when covering plants on the ground. I'm not sure that it will do much at the top of a tall plant. I will just allow the little, potted Liquiça to produce seed indoors.
Instead, I'm thinking of using the bonus size Folger's tub that I punctured full of bottom holes this morning to see if I can actually get an eggplant indoors. Out of my dozen Ping-Tung plants, I've gotten zero fruit this season, but the five plants in my porch corner bed look healthy. Eggplant, like tobacco and tomato, self-pollinates.
Bob
Instead, I'm thinking of using the bonus size Folger's tub that I punctured full of bottom holes this morning to see if I can actually get an eggplant indoors. Out of my dozen Ping-Tung plants, I've gotten zero fruit this season, but the five plants in my porch corner bed look healthy. Eggplant, like tobacco and tomato, self-pollinates.
Bob
My stalk harvested Connecticut broadleaf flowered and actually produced some seed while hanging upside down on my back porch. Might be worth stalk cutting the whole plant and trying if you already have some flowers and are up against a hard frost/freeze. The flowers appear to be a sink source for the plants energy, even while they are drying down.
Heck no leaves on the plant anyway, might just yank the whole mess up roots and all and throw it in the shed or someplace that doesn't freeze and see what happens.
Since Orientals are generally not topped, and since I usually stalk-harvest my Orientals, I've seen all sorts of bud and blossom development on hanging stalks, even when left in full sun. Secondary buds often form at their leaf axils, after the plant is hanging, and many of those will also produce blossoms.
The dew point is projected to be at 34°F near the coldest moment (Saturday morning), so I'm going to leave the Liquiça out in the field. My shed is not heated, and provides little advantage with the low temp. If the plant is frozen like a Popsicle, I'll still have the potted one, which will be snuggly inside the house whenever frost threatens. Beyond this Saturday morning, there appear to be decent temps forecast through the next two weeks.
Bob
The dew point is projected to be at 34°F near the coldest moment (Saturday morning), so I'm going to leave the Liquiça out in the field. My shed is not heated, and provides little advantage with the low temp. If the plant is frozen like a Popsicle, I'll still have the potted one, which will be snuggly inside the house whenever frost threatens. Beyond this Saturday morning, there appear to be decent temps forecast through the next two weeks.
Bob
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