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Looking for local Suddith Brandywine plant-impossible!
Comments (7)arlinek: I replied back to the email that you sent with the details. If you have the space, you might want to plant a BW that you are able to locate at your local nursery along with the one I am providing. I would be curious if you can discern any differences. That is what I am doing this year. I planted a Suddith along with one I grew last year which was simply labeled as "Brandywine." That seed came from Territorial. Good Luck!...See MoreDigging up an impossible to move plant
Comments (5)I have a couple of strange tools for cutting tough, never-ending roots. One is a wide-bladed chisel such as a mason might use to split bricks, except it's cruder (I made it out of a railroad spike.) I put it against the root and hammer on it with a mallet. The other is a homemade machete type of knife made from an old car spring. Same kind of deal. If you find a beat-up lopper at a rummage sale you might be able to cut roots with that. Have you ever used a comealong? It's a lever-operated block and tackle device that will exert a lot of pull, so you won't have to do the grab-and-run thing. You're almost there. Keep at it! :-)M...See MoreExotic plant hunting, the impossible dream?
Comments (2)I have also tried looking for more information in regards to seed collecting in Mexico but there is not much information. There are several nurseries that introduce new plant material and have gone on expeditions to other countries(an example would be YuccaDo Nursery). If you grow caudiciforms you might have already heard of Guy Wrinkle. It also might help to have a specialty in a certain plant genus or category of plants, so you know what to look for. The cost should be reasonable if you are traveling by car from Southern CA or some of the border states to Mexico. This is something I would like to do as well one day and hopefully it is not an impossible one. If you find any more information, feel free to post. Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Expeditions...See MoreWhat is killing my heirloom tomato plants?
Comments (5)Just offhand, I'd have to guess blight/fungal infection. Heirlooms are notoriously unresistant to those. What to do? Not much. You can spray with fungicide, but that won't cure the infected leaves. It'll just prevent spread. So at this point, if you spray, you just have to hope that the plant can churn out a lot of new leaves that you'll keep from getting infected. Fungicides are preventatives and, for unresistant varieties, it's important to start using them early, before the infection can start....See Morevetivert8
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