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Thank you for the input. I might try to graft it if I can find some decent scions.
Not a tropical, but figured y’all might enjoy. Pics of a Noire de Barbentane fig I picked today along with fresh batch of muscadine jelly. Most of these muscadines were Ruby Crisp which is a red.
Not a tropical, but figured y’all might enjoy. Pics of a Noire de Barbentane fig I picked today along with fresh batch of muscadine jelly. Most of these muscadines were Ruby Crisp which is a red.
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I know this is a long shot, but figured I’d ask. I came across a lady selling these guava plants for under $20 a pop. She had no idea what type of guava these are. Any thoughts on tropical vs cattley just going off of foliage? I don’t see a graft union, so assuming it’s a seedling. Don’t have super high hopes of anything elite, but figured why not for $20.
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food forest
Mind sharing what zone you’re in and what you have growing? I’ve been planning and prepping several big rows to be planted food forest style - swales, intermixed species, etc. I’ll finally be planting this fall. Any tips?
Get the wooden scented trap posted above and be done with it. They work. Don’t let one die in it and don’t let the scent get washed out by rain. Keep the door channels free from dirt. Enjoy.
re: Killing Armadillos and Racoons?
Posted by AyyyBaw on 7/29/26 at 10:01 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
If you still have a clear shot but just worried about the noise, 22lr bolt action with the right suppressor and subs can be really quiet.
Got it, giving you a text now if you want to delete your number from the post
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do you know what species those are?
Very location specific, but around here the vast majority are H. moscheutos aka crimson-eyed mallow or swamp rose mallow. Most are white with a crimson eye but I see occasional clusters of fully pink ones.
We do also have H. laevis aka Halberd-leaf mallow.
Hilltop has a nice prairie. I’ve collected seed from there last fall. I go to an annual conference there for work and always enjoy strolling around the place.
There are a couple of prairie remnants that I pass on my way to work every day. Prime time for seed collection of your silphium, liatris, gaura, most rudbeckias, mints, etc will be in about another month or so. They are full bloom right now. A thick patch of blooming liatris in prairie is a sight to behold.
We did ours in the spring. Where you’re located, was it ANPP that did the certification or wild ones, etc.?
Congrats on the certification. We have a few prairie restorations going on. If you ever make it around Vermilion parish would be happy to give you a bunch of seeds. Collected a grocery bag of hibiscus seeds today.
Congrats on the certification. We have a few prairie restorations going on. If you ever make it around Vermilion parish would be happy to give you a bunch of seeds. Collected a grocery bag of hibiscus seeds today.
Been eating some good purple possum passion fruits the last two weeks. Almost no tartness in the fruits that drop off the vine. Started hoarding them to make jelly next weekend.
Look up the fig pop method for rooting cuttings. It’s a lot easier than rooting in an open container due to idiot-proof moisture control.
re: 2026 Fall Garden Thread
Posted by AyyyBaw on 7/22/26 at 3:04 pm to PillageUrVillage
Ripped out my tomatoes, cukes, peppers, melons, and eggplant today. I only left okra as they are still producing good. For fall I’m keeping it simple with cukes, mustard greens, pole beans, and a couple cabbage and broccoli plants. All direct seed except cabbage and broccoli. I’m ready for the fall.
re: Hawks are a threat to my chickens
Posted by AyyyBaw on 7/14/26 at 5:59 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Aerial predators are tough for free ranging. Maybe a big protective rooster or livestock dog?
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Where’d you get the scion wood?
Really Good Plants - scions were all excellent.
Good news. It’s easy as hell to graft loquat during the summer. All 3 grafts are showing signs of life. This was a healthy seedling rootstock in a 7 gallon container.
This is a cleft graft of Big Jim White at the top of the main leader.
Here is a veneer graft of Argelino about halfway up the main leader.
And lastly, here is a veneer graft of Big Jim White on the lower portion of the main leader.
I let the grafts heal for 2-3 weeks and then cut off all existing rootstock branches. That really forced the grafts to start leaving out.
Mulberry update - I was able to root Tice, Maple Leaf, and Chicken Claw but they are very touch and go right now. Just took out of my rooting bags and placed in 1 gallon pots. Very minimal roots. I wouldn’t be surprised if they take off and grow great or wilt and die. Mulberry grafting is also very touch and go. Still have some with swollen buds but nothing really leafing out yet. Fingers crossed on the mulberries.
This is a cleft graft of Big Jim White at the top of the main leader.
Here is a veneer graft of Argelino about halfway up the main leader.
And lastly, here is a veneer graft of Big Jim White on the lower portion of the main leader.
I let the grafts heal for 2-3 weeks and then cut off all existing rootstock branches. That really forced the grafts to start leaving out.
Mulberry update - I was able to root Tice, Maple Leaf, and Chicken Claw but they are very touch and go right now. Just took out of my rooting bags and placed in 1 gallon pots. Very minimal roots. I wouldn’t be surprised if they take off and grow great or wilt and die. Mulberry grafting is also very touch and go. Still have some with swollen buds but nothing really leafing out yet. Fingers crossed on the mulberries.
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eat a LOT of dates
Not a true date, but jujubee does grow and fruit in south LA. Referred to as Chinese dates and can be eaten crisp or soft. Plenty of different cultivars.
That is normal in cold climates or if you have a harsh winter. Two years ago during the snowpocalipse (down to 3F) all my trees in zone 9b had to grow back from the roots. Last winter we had several nights of 20F and the existing limbs had zero die back.
Correct - main crop figs fruit on new growth. Some varieties have a breba crop that fruits on old wood. Breba crops are usually less quantity, less quality, and earlier compared to main crop fruit.
Correct - main crop figs fruit on new growth. Some varieties have a breba crop that fruits on old wood. Breba crops are usually less quantity, less quality, and earlier compared to main crop fruit.
Most of my layers this morning were Celeste, Scott’s black and yellow, Improved Celeste, Galbun, and LSU Tiger. I put a single Malta Black air layer in a pot this morning for you if you’d still like it this fall. Have a few other established trees in pots that I’ll be planting in-ground this fall - St Gabriel, black Celeste, CDD Mutante, Violet Sepor, Sal’s El and Col Littmans Black Cross. We acquired an extra 1.5 acres adjacent to our home and I’m planning a permaculture style garden there, so I’m in big time propagation mode. I already have the ridges and swales marked - it’s really ideal with slight swales throughout the property. I should be able to plant 6 pecans, about 30 figs, 3 loquats, and about 10-15 mulberries in the fall. I’ll fill in the rest with persimmon, jujubee, mayhaw, and pawpaw. Might eventually add some citrus if a suitable microclimate develops after these initial trees get established. I’m filling in the rear swale (and largest drainage) with LA irises this summer and seeding a 5,000 sq ft native prairie adjacent to that drainage this fall. Planning to document the whole process, but it just looks like unmowed strips on the ridges right now. I’ll kill that tall grass this fall where it stands and then cover the dead vegetation with thick hay to plant directly into. I do plan to try some zone pushing in there eventually, but initially I’m going with very low maintenance options.
Edit - the loquat air layers are just a seedling that hasn’t fruited yet. I’ll use those for rootstock this fall.
Edit - the loquat air layers are just a seedling that hasn’t fruited yet. I’ll use those for rootstock this fall.
Air layering is a great way to propagate multiple types of trees during the growing season. Here is a fig air layer that I cut and potted this morning, about 6-7 weeks after starting it. I also have a couple loquat air layers going right now - little slower than figs though. Mulberries are also easy to air layer.
Busy day yesterday. I received scions from Marta at Really Good Plants on Friday. Every single one was excellent quality. I started rooting the following mulberry cuttings - black prince, chicken claw, tice, and maple leaf. About 2 months ago I rooted 12 red mulberry cuttings I collected from trees in my yard. I grafted all of those yesterday with DMOR9 and Australian green. Attempted 1 cleft, 1 veneer, 1 chip bud, and the rest were all T buds. I also stuck a few T buds on my older in-ground red mulberry trees. This morning I grafted a potted loquat seedling with argelino and big Jim white - 1 cleft and 2 veneer grafts. Last week I started rooting about 15 various fig cuttings. My rooting Tupperware is chock full of fig-pop method figs and mulberries now. Hopefully I’ll be posting successful pictures in the next several weeks so that we can document graft method/time of year success or failure rates.
Keep us updated on the loquat graft. I ordered scions of Argelino and Big Jim white to graft on a potted seedling that I have. Looks like a cleft graft? I’m thinking veneer or bud grafts since I’m not sure if the scion wood will be the same size as my rootstock or not.
10-4, thanks guys!
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