Day: January 29, 2012

In Bloom Here

This is a 2005 cross of two Miniature white seedlings of mine from 1998 seed. It opens a strong bicolor but passes to white. I like the trumpet and pose but not much else. The biggest “virtues” are that it…

Fwd: sturdy stems?

By far, and surprisingly, the most sturdy stemmed Daffodil variety I have grown is Brians “Waldorf Astoria”. At it’s peak for me, it would go through high winds and temps in the low 80s (F) without any reaction whatsoever!. When…

N. triandrus pallidulus x Emerals Sea

This is the first seedling from the cross mentioned above which flowered. The swept back perianth of triandrus shows first on the second day of flowering. Next year the plant should have more than one blossom per stem. Theo

Soil Type – Link

UC Davis has produced a very interesting WEB site by overlaying soil type maps from the USGS with Satellite imagery of your location. Just enter a location ( I used my full address) and the overlays will show the soil…

46% nitrogen from Urea

Our worst soil on our farm is “across the creek”. This soil had only 1 PPM nitrogen, (needed to add 95 pounds per acre to get to Critical Level) only 8 PPM Phosphorus (needed to add 105 pounds per acre)…