Naming of the Beef
annie1992
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WANTED: have angelwing & beef steak
Comments (2)what one do you want I was trying to root the angelwing but its not going very good I'll still trade the beef steak I have some cuttings of the rhizo I took they have root and are doing well but they only have a few leaves i'd love to trade for your angelwing.can you send a pic....See MoreBig Beef parents?
Comments (14)Carolyn It's my understanding that tomato grafting is practiced to enhance or increase the production of heirloom or open-pollinated tomatoes by introducing foliage disease resistance or tolerance by the rootstock to the scion. The link below is one of many that describes the value of grafting tomatoes that is being practiced in many parts of the world. From all that I can find about the diseases that have infected my tomatoes pretty severely (Early Blight and Septoria), no tomatoes are listed as being tolerant of Septoria at all (though I believe researchers are working on it), but a few are listed as being tolerant of Early Blight. So if there's a chance I can avoid the worst of Early Blight next year by grafting a wonderful-tasting but vulnerable to disease-heirloom to a disease-tolerant rootstock, I'll try it. To repeat, what I want to do is see if the heirlooms or open-pollinated tomatoes that are vulnerable to foliage diseases in my garden can be grafted to a disease-tolerant rootstock to avoid the worst of the diseases. I'm really getting tired of starting tomatoes and putting in all that time and effort year after year, only to have them die in mid- or late-July due to Septoria and/or Early Blight. Despite all my spraying and diseased leaf-removal, I cannot keep ahead of these two diseases. And for all I know, my plants may have been infected with other diseases -- the South has a lot of them that infect tomatoes when the weather is hot and humid. It will be flying blind for the most part, and I think I'll start with only one heirloom next year, probably a Brandywine or maybe an Opalka, using the most disease- and heat-tolerant hybrid I can identify as the rootstock. Big Beef is one of the most disease-tolerant tomatoes according to many reports. It's also relatively heat-tolerant, though there are others that are listed as being developed for growing in Southern heat. My Brandywine gave up the ghost to disease pretty quickly, the Opalka more slowly. The Goose Creeks (red) are STILL green and healthy and productive, even though they were surrounded by diseased plants, so I think I'll grow the GCs again next year to see if that characteristic is just a fluke this year or if it's going to be a reliably disease-tolerant tomato in my environment. Here is a link that might be useful: Grafting Tomatoes to Manage Soilborne Diseases and Improve Yield in Organic Production Systems...See MoreAnnual naming of the beef
Comments (29)LOL, I love the names. Parking my own pic on your thread. Here's Amon with the cows at my DF's place, for the first time. It's the best picture I got--we were wrangling several grandkids at once and no one had a spare hand for the camera. My dad had several calves when we visited in March and I always love how cute they are! He's got a cow and calf operation, so we don't name any of them. One year my stepsister named our food steer Buzzardhead, so we couldn't help but picture him at the dinner table. That was less cool. Elery does look good on the tractor. I'm so glad you don't have to do all of it all the time--I know you can, but still, it's not always fun. Hooray for the new willing farmhand!...See MoreLOOKING for: Poop on a shingle. The old Army kind
Comments (11)I, too, use the Air Force recipe. Here is the one I have used for years. I obtained this recipe while living in Germany. It was in a military magazine. The timeframe was in the early 1970s. Everyone who has had it loves it. Air Force SOS Serving Size : 6 1 1/2 pounds ground beef 1/2 cup flour dash pepper 2 teaspoons beef flavored instant bouillon 3/4 cup dry milk 3 cups warm water 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Brown beef in its own fat in skillet. Drain off excess fat. Add flour, pepper, salt and bouillon to beef; mix thoroughly and cook about 5 minutes or until flour is absorbed. Reconstitute milk; add to beef mixture. Add Worcestershire sauce; heat to a simmer, stirring frequently until thickened....See MoreIslay Corbel
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