BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Dan I called two nurseries and one told me without bees my plants would not produce male blooms. I told her you had bee's and your are doing the same thing. She said she had another person call her and told her the same thing.

I used to work for a nursery so I called the owner and left him a message to call me back. He's out on a landscape job. So I don't know.

Huh.

Those are huge! Good job!

Thanks!

That makes absolutely no sense. I'd like to see that nursery worker back that claim up with some valid research article. More often than not, there will be a flush of male blossoms before the first female blossoms. However, I sometimes see onset of female blossoms without any male blossoms to fertilize, so the fruiting fails. (How very sad!

) IMO, it's entirely related to the weather patterns. That squash w/o a growing tip is strange. Keep us posted on how that one performs over time, and if it ever does develop a tip.

Hmm. I know right? I will.

 

[dan26552]

https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2016/05/28/why-gardening-should-be-deemed-a-sport.html

 

[lazy gardener]

https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2016/05/28/why-gardening-should-be-deemed-a-sport.html

Now, I find it interesting that women accomplish the same task while expending far less calories than men. Somehow... this troubles me. Why is it that men can loose weight so much easier? It appears that just the act of breathing burns more calories for a man, than it does for a woman. Again, troubling. Men get to eat more! Men have more muscle mass, therefore should be able to accomplish any task requiring muscle energy with LESS energy output... but the numbers say otherwise. UNFAIR!!!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I agree that she did not have a clue what she was talking about. Thank you for your input.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:

So true, I love it!

 

[dan26552]

Now, I find it interesting that women accomplish the same task while expending far less calories than men. Somehow... this troubles me. Why is it that men can loose weight so much easier? It appears that just the act of breathing burns more calories for a man, than it does for a woman. Again, troubling. Men get to eat more! Men have more muscle mass, therefore should be able to accomplish any task requiring muscle energy with LESS energy output... but the numbers say otherwise. UNFAIR!!!

It's because men have better metabolisms than women.
http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=35431

So true, I love it!

 

[chickadoodles]

I got a call back from the owner of the nursery I worked at for a short time. He said to try letting the plants dry out a bit. Possibly the stress of drying may bring on the pollinator.
I figure it's worth a try.

 

[dan26552]

I got a call back from the owner of the nursery I worked at for a short time. He said to try letting the plants dry out a bit. Possibly the stress of drying may bring on the pollinator.
I figure it's worth a try.

Hmm.


I picked 5 lbs 14oz (Or 11 fruit.) of squash this evening.

 

[dan26552]

I love the idea of this but there is one small problem, paper dries out very fast and quite hard, so unless you kept them watered every morning and evening or buried them I feel like the seeds would just die.

http://videos.hgtv.com/video/diy-seed-bombs-0248642

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: That's wonderful!
I can hardly wait for mine to start making that much again.