What did you do in the garden today?

[jxp]

Don't know yet. I've been struggling to get plums started, so a friend sent me plum-peach and plum-cherry crosses. If they survive, I'll try to breed back toward the plum parent. Peaches do just fine here, so I'm hopeful.

The plan is to let them grow out for a year before planting, but it depends on a lot of things. Since the cross will remove some of the inbreeding depression, I suspect they may be extremely fast growing and vigorous.

Are you looking to have European or Asian plums?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Gardeners !
I overslept till 11, Wow never do that sure felt good.

 

[WthrLady]

60 Slots Seed Storage Organizer, Metal Seed Saving Box with Lid and Safety Locks, Seed Bin Seed Storage Container with 20 Seed Envelopes and 20 Labels, 3 Compartments, Perfect for Flower Plants Garden​

EXACTLY!

 

[LaurenRitz]

Are you looking to have European or Asian plums?

I don't think it matters. The mother for these seeds is a Japanese plum. I've been trying to get an American wild plum (they keep dying) and I have seeds for both a clingstone and freestone European plum. The seedlings keep dying.

I do have two Stanley plums that I purchased. I lose a lot of seedlings, but if I can get the right combination of genetics for a plum to thrive here (seedling apricots and peaches might fruit this year. Fingers crossed) I'll have a treasure.

 

[jxp]

I don't think it matters. The mother for these seeds is a Japanese plum. I've been trying to get an American wild plum (they keep dying) and I have seeds for both a clingstone and freestone European plum. The seedlings keep dying.

I do have two Stanley plums that I purchased. I lose a lot of seedlings, but if I can get the right combination of genetics for a plum to thrive here (seedling apricots and peaches might fruit this year. Fingers crossed) I'll have a treasure.

Might try Au Rosa if your experiment doesn't take or you want a different variety. It was bred at Auburn University from the Santa Rosa.

I love mine that I planted 2 springs ago. It puts out lots of beautiful white flowers in the spring, doubled its size in just one season after taking its first year to settle in, is not bothered by either bugs, disease, or Oklahoma summer, and the fruit is so flavorful and sweet.

I got mine at Tractor Supply. I really lucked out in that they were still pulling the trees off the delivery truck and I got first pick. But then being gone so much this last year, the birds and squirrels got more than I did.

 

[cj2024]

Now that I have only Red Star hens, I thought it would be safe to let my younger Breese/Cornish Cross/Isa brown new bloodline chicks interact with them, but I was wrong. The Red Star Hens are a vicious pack breed.

On a positive note, one of my young female cross bred chicks inherited the white Cornish Cross body type of its old Breese/ Cornish Cross mother. I will line breed her to her biggest white brother. I had to use my young Isa Brown Rhode Island looking rooster to save the line. My old hens have official stopped laying and will be processed for food.

 

[Molpet]

Now that I have only Red Star hens, I thought it would be safe to let my younger Breese/Cornish Cross/Isa brown new bloodline chicks interact with them, but I was wrong. The Red Star Hens are a vicious pack breed.

On a positive note, one of my young female cross bred chicks inherited the white Cornish Cross body type of its old Breese/ Cornish Cross mother. I will line breed her to her biggest white brother. I had to use my young Isa Brown Rhode Island looking rooster to save the line. My old hens have official stopped laying and will be processed for food.

Don't yours take a break with less daylight? I know it's not as drastic as my latitude, but aren't you under 10hrs?
Out of 30 hens and 6 pullets, no eggs from October to a week before Christmas when a pullet started laying. 3 hens just stated laying again.

 

[jerryse]

Fog, rain and thunderstorms. Falling temps and cold returns.

 

[WthrLady]

100 yard visibility blowing snow and 45 mph winds
yesterday was 57 degrees, sigh

 

[Molpet]

100 yard visibility blowing snow and 45 mph winds
yesterday was 57 degrees, sigh

I'm a day off from you.
April Today.... 57 t storm and raining. Supposed to drop to 15 f by Monday morning and snow