A Palm is born!
#Seed to #Tree

#China to develop #geneediting tools, new #crop varieties in biotech initiative
The 2024-2028 plan aims to achieve "independent and controllable" #seed sources for key #crops, with a focus to cultivate high-yield, multi-resistant wheat, corn and high-oil, high-yield soybean and rapeseed varieties. Move comes as China intensifies efforts to boost domestic yields of key crops like soybeans to reduce reliance on imports from countries such as #US amid a looming #tradewar.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-agriculture-ministry-issues-guidelines-promote-biotech-cultivation-2025-02-14/

Colony building MMO SEED links with Google’s AI tools in the hopes of giving colonists some life
https://massivelyop.com/2025/03/18/colony-building-mmo-seed-links-with-googles-ai-tools-in-the-hopes-of-giving-colonists-some-life
#SEED

A little dessert with lunch. #Pears
Remember that 40 lb harvest last Fall? Living on the produce now.
#GrowYourOwn #Seed to #tree to #fruit
Two trees, first year producing

This morning
https://mstdn.ca/@Rasta/114109446028989371
and this evening.. , she was standing. Tomorrow, she may start to walk .

They grow up so fast <sigh>

Just over 12 hours, from stuck-in-soil kernel, until standing free. I'm thinking it might be a plum, but could be nectarine?I had some of those seeds in the fridge too.

#Seed #Tree #GrowYourOwn

I may leave a light on for this one overnight. I've been reducing lights, because 'just a hobby' is expensive. And I need another bulb. #Gardening

Maybe you forgot about my Cherry Tree?
This one is special. Out of 40 seeds, only this one sprouted. Reminds me of my early apple trees. 1st attempt was 10%, now it's over 90% success rate. Once you figure it out it gets easier. I try new seeds or trees every winter.

#Seed to #Tree #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

On a cold and grey winter morn,
Another little baby tree is born
In my garden

#GoodMorning everything is white again, a layer of fresh snow. When the snow has melted away.. I need to get some groceries and gas. Until then, gardening.

Have you any seeds stratifying?
Mine started too early, leaving me out of table space and light sources.

I don't know what this seed is either, I'm guessing plum tree this time? #Gardening #Seed to #Tree
#GrowYourOwn

Have A Happy Hump Day , eh!

Look here! #Palm #Seeds
We were prepared for a six week wait. If you've been following my #gardening experiments, #Seed to #Tree is my thing #Hobby
A few weeks ago, I ate the fruit from these pits. At least one, has already produced a root finger.

First it was *The Daily Cherry *
Saturday it becomes *The Weekly Cherry*

#Seed to #Tree #GrowYourOwn #Trees #Hobby #Gardening
Grow with me?

First it was *The Daily Peach*
Then it became *The Weekly Peach*
Next week will be a month old.
#Seed to #Tree , the #Peach is one of my fastest in this winter growing season. The same group of #Seeds has much smaller trees catching up.
When the ground thaws in Spring, it will have a full year growing time.
(Also, Apple, Cherry and Willow trees) #GrowYourOwn #Trees #Hobby #Gardening
Grow with me?

If you want to help to preserve the dignity of humanity and you got ~100GB free disk space and a fast internet connection, please help to seed the recently nuked CDC datasets via Torrent.

https://archive.org/details/20250128-cdc-datasets

"The Weekly Peach"

A few more tiny #peach trees are growing, but not as fast as the 1st #tree. There's no rush, I'm running out of space again.

One Cherry seed died trying to open, the other is just poking its #seed head out of the soil.

Not much of a cherry tree,
It's the only one I got

It's starting to look a lot like-- well not christmas but hopefully it's only the second false-spring out of like seventeen

@growyourownfood @gardening @nature
#GrowYourOwn #FreeFood #Free #Food #Seed #Seeds #Seedlings #Precultivation #Windowsill

It might not look like much now, but it just broke the surface yesterday. #Seed #Peach #Tree
I have three sprouts now.
#DistractingStuff

Peach cobbler, the early years
Just another #tree coming into the world. Nothing to see here, move along! #Peach #Tree #Seed

This past week I gave a presentation on starting native forbs from #seed for my local #WildOnes chapter. The summary from my talk was:

- the seeds are forgiving but only because they have so much innate intelligence that they can respond to (most) mistakes you'll make while learning

- cultivated seeds are bred to be people pleasers. Native seeds have their own agenda. Listen and learn from the seeds and the plants across seasons and years.

- my go-to method for artificial cold stratification is a wet coffee filter covered in seeds, folded, put in a container or baggie, and to alternate between fridge and freezer every 24 hrs for 10-14 days. This is for when you're a month or two from the last freeze date and need to get #plants going. It's an alternative option to sowing in pots outdoors in late fall and geminating naturally in the spring.

- and finally, don't attach yourself to the outcome. Growing natives from seed is a joy because it is challenging and therefore enormously rewarding when you succeed. Enjoy the process. Plant, sell, donate, propagate, and infect your community with the healing joy that is native #wildflowers.