Pseudo epitaphs, anyone?
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Growing Grains, Cereals and Pseudo-Cereals
Comments (9)What got me started thinking about growing grains was when I looked up online how long it would take to sprout some mung beans for a stir-fry. I found the Sprout People, and was amazed at the large number of kinds of seeds they had. The I was pushing my cart around Fred Meyer (aka Kroger) and noticed their bulk bins. Among the shelled nuts and granola and various flours were grains, beans and seeds. They had two kinds of wheat, barley, quinoa, millet, sesame and other grains. Hmmmm.... thinks I... I wonder if these would sprout? So I bagged up a couple of spoonfuls (very cheap) and took them home. About 95% of the seeds sprouted, the exceptions being the 'naked' ones (protective covering removed) like hulled millet. Next visit, I collected beans. All the types they had sprouted. Brown rice? Yes, it sprouts, too. Next thought... if they'll sprout, they should grow, right? Then I discovered that a local store (Shop n' Kart here in WA) carries practically the whole line of products from Bob's Red Mill: amaranth, hulless barley, quinoa, buckewheat, caraway, flax, lentils, rye, spelt, teff, triticale, four kinds of wheat, and lots of beans. Yes, I could just buy them, but... the idea of growing them interests me. I only have an acre of land, but the neighbor across the street has two acres, and she doesn't use most of it. And lawns aren't good for much. Vacant lots? A new obsession? Do you think? Sue...See MoreCattlya Skinneri Pseudo Bulb Split
Comments (1)Would post at the Orchid forum...See MorePseudo-natives
Comments (17)The miss-naming of exotic plants as natives is not always the fault of the nurseries, though most nursery people have almost zero botanical knowledge and this does not help. There are actually two native species of Myrraya. Murraya ovatifoliolata occurs in dry or coastal rainforest from south Queensland to Cape York and to the Kimberley in WA. There is another one, a large and showy plant, that occurs on Cape York Peninsula and botanists insist on calling it Murraya paniculata though it does not look much like the exotic version. This is where mistakes come about. Someone will look up a herbarium list and it says Murraya paniculata occurs in Australia therefore the ones we are selling must be a native. Another one is Syzygium malaccense. The Australian one looks very little like the Asian one and the fruit are completely different. Even the common Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina) occurs in Australia, but all the ones sold in nurseries are from Asia. Here is a link that might be useful: Rainforest Magic...See Morehas anyone successfully treated root weevils with nematodes?
Comments (16)One comment David-the concern for pollinators is obviously a real one. But I would urge caution in laying the blame-or even a large part of the blame-on neonics. Keep in mind two things: First, neonics (neonicotinoid insecticides) were developed to replace older, even more toxic chemistries. For example, the broad-spectrum nerve poisons known as organophosphates may now come back into play. That doesn't strike me as progress. Second, neonics are insecticides. As such, yes, they will kill bees, which are of course insects. That shouldn't surprise us. A major kill of bumblebees in Oregon was the direct result of an applicator not following the directions on the label, and spraying a bunch of linden trees-basically bee magnets-when in bloom. A whole class of materials should not be banned based on such idiocy. Additionally, there are known to be a host of other serious factors impacting the bee populations. Habitat loss is likely right near the top of that list, as we develop and develop more and more land. Finally, Australia continues to use neonics. They have no colony collapse disorder in their honeybees. But one thing not present on that continent is the varroa mite, a known ruiner of beehives. I can readily admit that each class of insecticide may harm bees. But the way this has been twisted around in the pseudo-science, it is as if neonics are especially prone to do so. I highly doubt that's the case. Similarly, the "news" that researchers have fingered glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide as a "probable carcinogen" now appears to rest on extremely shoddy studies. In short, I don't believe it. And I've taken showers in that stuff when high-pressure sprayer hoses have burst. I continue to not have a third arm growing out of my back. I'm neither pro-pesticide or against. I'm simply pro-unbiased science. As one fellow put it recently in the debunking of that supposed glyphosate study, the face book-ification of science is now well under way, with various "studies" seeming to gain impact based on the number of "likes" they get. Which is to say, that isn't science at all....See More- 10 years ago
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