What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Anyone ever tried grafting tomatoes?

 

[cj2024]

The last time I planted Chinese parsley roots from the supermarket, I failed. I think it was because I forgot to water them, and they dried out. I am trying again, but this time I am using a 15-gallon grow bag with a hole in the middle that rest on top of a 2-gallon reservoir and there is a factory designed net pot that goes in the middle hole to hold the bag in place. I bought it from amazon. I also placed the grow bag/reservoir in a place with only morning sun, so hopefully it doesn't dry out. My green onions are still alive in half gallon pots, and I have been using them.

I started another batch of supermarket green onions in a 15-gallon air pot with a water base underneath it. Hopefully these get bigger and thicker than the ones in the half gallon pots.

My Chinese parley died after I took off the net cup shade. It's cheaper if I buy them from my Lowes nursery. What a waste of time. However, my supermarket green onions are much more resilient and worthwhile doing. They don't need to be shaded at the beginning, and I let the roots dry before planting them, it seems to help.

 

[cj2024]

Anyone ever tried grafting tomatoes?

Yes, I used tube clips and pins, but I had more success with krazy glue.

 

[cj2024]

I don't know if this is true, but copilot think it is.

If you graft a tomato plant with Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) resistance onto a rootstock without TYLCV resistance, the grafted plant will still retain the TYLCV resistance of the scion (the top part of the grafted plant). The resistance traits are carried by the scion, so the grafted plant will benefit from the scion's resistance to TYLCV. Copilot gave this link to support its assumption https://mbao.org/static/docs/confs/2013-sandiego/papers/87RosskopfE.pdf

 

[WthrLady]

The alpacas are coated and have stalls full of deep straw. The hens have a fresh flock block. Everyone has fresh heated water.
The diesel tanks have all been stirred and the tractor plugged in.
I'm poofed.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Big ice storm coming. Harvested everything I could out of the gardens, leaving just a little on the stems in case they somehow survive this storm. Everything under double row covers, so we'll see. Lots of greens to feed the chickens and the dog. Still have about 2 months worth of frozen stuff from the garden to feed them with if the ice storm takes everything out, so they'll still be eating good no matter what.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I don't know if this is true, but copilot think it is.

If you graft a tomato plant with Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) resistance onto a rootstock without TYLCV resistance, the grafted plant will still retain the TYLCV resistance of the scion (the top part of the grafted plant). The resistance traits are carried by the scion, so the grafted plant will benefit from the scion's resistance to TYLCV. Copilot gave this link to support its assumption https://mbao.org/static/docs/confs/2013-sandiego/papers/87RosskopfE.pdf

Copilot is definitely not foolproof.

 

[TJAnonymous]

The alpacas are coated and have stalls full of deep straw. The hens have a fresh flock block. Everyone has fresh heated water.
The diesel tanks have all been stirred and the tractor plugged in.
I'm poofed.

While I'm not getting anything like you are, I'm still pooped from all the cold weather prep today. Goats and ducks have fresh bedding. Goats have full hay feeders. Fresh straw in the nesting boxes and on the ground where the broody Leghorn is bedding down with her chicks. All the water heaters are plugged in with fresh water for everyone. The only thing I didn't get done is putting a fresh load of leaves in the bachelor pen run. It tends to get really muddy in there.

 

[Sally PB]

Everyone in the path of the oncoming storm, please be careful and stay safe. It will miss us. Yes, I feel lucky.

 

[WthrLady]

While I'm not getting anything like you are, I'm still pooped from all the cold weather prep today. Goats and ducks have fresh bedding. Goats have full hay feeders. Fresh straw in the nesting boxes and on the ground where the broody Leghorn is bedding down with her chicks. All the water heaters are plugged in with fresh water for everyone. The only thing I didn't get done is putting a fresh load of leaves in the bachelor pen run. It tends to get really muddy in there.

looking at 6-14 inches tonight
then winds on top of that
high tomorrow and Monday will be 12'F
I'm so over it and it's not even here yet. LOL