Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 7 Entries. Thursday, January 9 View Page https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/grafting-epigenetically-modified-rootstock-yields-surprise Attention Melon growers- Should we be stressing our rootstock before grafting? It may have great potential for us.   Wednesday, January 15 View Page These are some of my favorite seed companies to order from. I love reading the catalogs. Not sure how many more years they’ll bother to print these out and mail them. I know this is quite expensive expensive and everyone does everything online these days. Anyways, I’ll enjoy them for now, even if their days are numbered.   Thursday, January 16 View Page This massive Norway spruce lost its central leader at a young age. You can see the pitchfork like growth as the new leaders were competing for dominance. Sometimes little natural mishaps, like losing a central leader can lead to a really cool looking tree in old age.   Saturday, January 18 View Page My daughter bought me a bag of these gummy candies the other day. Who knew Shaq had his own candy.   Saturday, January 25 View Page Two dwarf citrus trees I bought at Home Depot this past summer for 4.95 I couldn’t pass it up. I brought them home and repotted them. One of them Looks like it’s showing a nutrient deficiency. My first guess was that it’s iron. so I bought some iron plus Micros. I no longer think it is iron as iron deficiency shows up first in the new growth. This appears to be on the older growth. Still I almost guarantee that the iron plus micronutrients will fix it. Any citrus experts out there? dale from Australia what do you think?   Saturday, January 25 View Page This is a basic seed starting set up. It doesn’t have to be super complicated. These are cheap Home Depot shop lights, they stay on all the time and they are energy efficient. the key is to keep the lights right on top of the seedlings.   Saturday, January 25 View Page Here is a flat of seeds planted in moist soil. I put a garbage bag around it so I don’t have to worry about watering it plus it gives it a few extra degrees and it stabilizes the temperature.