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| Bud Graft, Peach "Sunny Day" on Lovell. About 4 weeks. 7.21.2020 |
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| Bud Graft, Peach "Sunny Day" on Lovell. About 4 weeks. 7.21.2020 |
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Better Bud Patch Graft. 7.21.2020
These are the bud patch grafts that I did, "Sunny Day" peach leaf curl resistant peach on Lovell rootstock, about 4 weeks. Today I was able to get out into the garden with my better camera. Still recuperating but each day is a bit better.
I think it's time to cut off the top of the tree, to encourage the bud to grow. I can keep these out of the worst of the winter, so I'm not too worried about the growth needing to be too cold resistant.
Better Flower Photos. 7.21.2020
These are some better flower photos this morning. I took them with the Nikon ESLR instead of cellphone. Mostly poppies. I think the artichoke flower falls somewhere in the "stunning" category.
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| Shirley Poppy. 7.21.2020 |
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| Artichoke Flower. 7.21.2020 |
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| Dahlia. 7.21.2020 |
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| Dahlia. 7.21.2020 |
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| Dahlia. 7.21.2020 |
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| Shirley Poppy. 7..21.2020 |
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| Flower Border. Deer avoid these. 7.21.2020 |
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| Echinacea. 7.21.2020 |
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| Shirley Poppy. 7.21.2020 |
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| Shirley Poppy. 7.21.2020 |
Monday, July 20, 2020
Flowers and Some Honeybees. 7.20.2020
A lot of flowers bloomed while I was in the hospital. I had decided to leave the artichokes, because I don't know how to cook them anyway and they have cool but weird looking flowers. It turned out that the honeybees like them, some had 6 or more bees per flower. It was like a honeybee party among strange blue trees.
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| Artichoke with honeybees. 7.20.2020 |
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| Artichoke with Honeybees. 7.20.2020 |
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| Dahlia. 7.20.2020 |
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| Mixed flowers. 7.20.2020 |
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| Home Made Daylily Hybrid. 7.20.2020 |
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| Petunia, Grown From Seeds. 7.20.2020 |
Peach Bud Grafts. 7.20.2020
I was hospitalized and had abdominal surgery last week. Last night was the first time I was able to get into the garden for a look and not much else. Here are the "Sunny Day" leaf curl resistant Peach grafts on Lovell rootstock. They took. I unwrapped them. It was a little late, and my wrapping technique might have been a bit tight or uneven but they might be OK. I can't believe I was able to graft peaches. Its hot and dry outside so they will need good watering.
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| Peach Bud Graft, about 4 weeks later. 7.20.2020 |
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| Peach Bud Graft, about 4 weeks later. 7.20.2020 |
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Babycakes Blackberry. 7.12.2020
Here is how Babycakes Blackberry is doing for me. I bought the plant last Spring at Tsugawa. It already had blossoms at the time. Those fruits did not fill in well. If I remember correctly, the later fruits, on new floricanes, filled in better.
This year, the floricanes again seem to have less than complete pollination on at least the earliest fruit. The earliest fruits, again, are not well filled in at all. This may be due to chill and rain when they were first blooming. The seller claims they don't need a pollinator, but did they really test that? If they do need one, then that could be a factor. This Babycakes bloomed long before any of my other blackberries did.
It looks like the later berries will be better filled in. We will see. Plus, there are new primocanes growing. I want this one to work out. It is small enough to have in my miniature tree garden, which is nice.
This year, the floricanes again seem to have less than complete pollination on at least the earliest fruit. The earliest fruits, again, are not well filled in at all. This may be due to chill and rain when they were first blooming. The seller claims they don't need a pollinator, but did they really test that? If they do need one, then that could be a factor. This Babycakes bloomed long before any of my other blackberries did.
It looks like the later berries will be better filled in. We will see. Plus, there are new primocanes growing. I want this one to work out. It is small enough to have in my miniature tree garden, which is nice.
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| Babycakes Blackberry. 7.12.2020 |
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| Babycakes Blackberry. 7.12.2020 |
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