In this post I show two types of flowers my Kadsura vines are producing now. The first type doesn’t contain pistil, which is the female part. These flowers only contain stamens, the male parts, and can be classified as male flowers. Below are the pictures of male flowers from two different seedling vines, a pink and a green selection.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Kadsura coccinea, male and perfect flowers
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Root grafting
This post is about my experimentation with root grafting of figs, mulberries, and apricots. In late February and early May of 2022 I had to root prune a number of my trees that were being migrated to a new orchard. As a result, I had many root cuttings that were pretty healthy and I decided to experiment with using them as rootstocks. I grafted the scions of figs, mulberries and apricots onto the corresponding root pieces. Bellow are the pictures with the pieces of wood, roots, and the resulting plants.
Figs
Only two grafts were made, they both produced plants, and were planted in the new orchard just over 2 months after grafting.
Mulberry
Apricots
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Tasting mulberries: Skinner vs Himalayan DMOR9
Skinner makes lager fruits that start ripening at least a week before Himalayan DMOR9. The leaf shapes are different too, see the picture below. In the taste test on April 13, 2022, DMOR9 fruits were significantly sweeter and more flavorful. Both plants are in pots and this is a preliminary evaluation. In the picture below, Skinner is on the left and DMOR9 is on the right.
On April 8, 2022 I posted a video about these and other long fruited mulberries https://youtu.be/CVLL18msS44
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Reinking and Thong Dee Pomelos
Reinking was my most preferred pomelo until today when I tried Thong Dee the first time. Reinking (1340 g) also needed a bit more time on the tree. Both fruits were pretty good, but Thong Dee (1370 g) is sweeter and juicier.
Reinking
Kadsura coccinea, male and perfect flowers
In this post I show two types of flowers my Kadsura vines are producing now. The first type doesn’t contain pistil, which is the female par...
