What did you do in your orchard today?

[CrealCritter]

Nasty looking apple cleft graft. The rootstock was way to big for the scion. But I grafted it anyways, it took and is growing like crazy, about 6 foot tall now. Some of my grafts may be ugly and all, but they take, so I'm happy about that. This just means I need to improve the esthetics of my grafts. This will come with more practice. Practice only happens once a year, since I only graft during late winter/early spring.

Methods for Tree Grafting -

Grafting, a fundamental technique in gardening, unites the fates of two plants. This process involves merging the upper part of one plant, known as the scion, with the lower portion of another, called the understock. Essentially, the scion becomes the upper structure of the resulting plant...

hanovermastergardeners.org

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[CrealCritter]

Ginger harvest

Good and ready

Soil shook off top of the pot to expose rhizomes.

Happy with the results

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[Mini Horses]

Nice job on the ginger!

 

[CrealCritter]

Planted 1 lb, trimmed and lightly rubbed (not washed) harvest weight 2.08 lbs.
Yellow ginger

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[Mini Horses]

Tell us how you started & grew the ginger, pls.

I'm thinking a chunk from grocery, plop in dirt & wait.

 

[CrealCritter]

Tell us how you started & grew the ginger, pls.

I'm thinking a chunk from grocery, plop in dirt & wait.

Go ahead and grab a chuck. Make sure its organic, healthy and has green buds. Place it on the counter, whole and unwashed in a open ended brown paper sandwich baggie laying on its side.

I'll write up how I got mine going when I get some time. You need to let it acclimate a few weeks in the darkness of the open ended sandwich baggie first though. It needs temperatures above 60 F, darkness and good airflow for a few weeks before you try to spout it

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