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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado seedling fruited
« on: February 05, 2023, 08:04:24 PM »
If you graft a fuerte scion onto another avocado tree it retains its vigor.
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Brad, unfortunately I couldn't post the pictures in pm,
So posting it here.
Brad,
Which one of your stone fruit worth growing in socal? I've done small amount of research and chill hours is all over the place on what is needed. I see from your initial post that snow queen looks like a large producer. Taste worth it?
Mr. Spaugh, I live in a hot humid 9a that goes through various cycles of rain and drought. It can be blazing hot 105 all of August and might drop in the 20s in January. If someone here has a live fruiting avocado we’re doing pretty good. I have not had an opportunity to try virtually any of the varieties you tend to favor these days. Do you have a recommendation on what you think would do the best for me, as well as be a good fruit?
Strange as it seems, I think we can blame Smokey the Bear for the catastrophic forest fires. Fire suppression was not a smart policy choice. Pre-Columbian indigenous people of California used fire extensively as a tool to manage nature. More indigenous people lived in the area that is now California than anywhere else in the USA/Canada footprint.
Hey man, you leave poor Smokey alone. Bad enough we developed right over his habitat. Seriously though, CA does do some controlled burns but I would imagine that it’s a bit more difficult when the developed landscape looks far more different than when the indigenous peoples ruled the land.
Fire is the one catastrophe that would move me out of CA. If my property burns down, it’s game over for me. Im just not willing to rebuild everything that I have built and planted so far.
So it's not the source of the drought just aggravates the situation along with the wildfires? While taking a break I was looking for other places on the globe with similar wind event. What I found that was interesting is in other parts of the world these wind event phenomenons for a better word. Have a psychological effect. In Europe certain crimes committed during these wind events gets a lesser sentence. Are the Gophers oblivious to this LOLCalifornia has a unique topography not sure there's anywhere on this planet similar. Most weather events are somewhat cyclical but is that the situation with the Santa Ana wind?
The santa ana wind comes from high pressure system over nevada and utah and low pressure system off the coast of CA. That causes wind to flow down hill over the sierras and into CA. And as the ajr travels like this, it increases in speed and temperature and lowers humidity. Its like a giant supercharged wind event. Look it up, theres some good pictures of how it works and why. It just happens when the weather in those 2 places line up. Usually in Fall. Its really nasty weather. Everything you touch shocks you, you lips and skin get all dry, everything is ready to ignite.
Gophers while thry are annoying, are really easy to trap and kill. I kind of enjoy trapping them. I have my gopher killing skills so honed I have been considering doing it for money.
California has a unique topography not sure there's anywhere on this planet similar. Most weather events are somewhat cyclical but is that the situation with the Santa Ana wind?
Looks like I need to be in California for this one lol.
Who would think rain could be so contentious?
Not that much rain in san diego. Nothing to write home about. If it rains in summer I will get excited.
Is the tone of my words coming off as contentious? Definitely not my intent.
I do care a lot though about maximizing the benefits of any rainfall we get. Yes, we've only received about 8 inches or so this month in Fallbrook, but it is amazing to me how full the Santa Margarita River is and how much runoff is flowing through our creeks from just a few inches of rain. I see it as potential. Plus we've been able to turn off our irrigation for the last month.
eggo2, thanks for sharing the video. Amazing feat of engineering.
Janet