I just built a tepee with three poles for our hablitzia. There is red clover already in the middle of the circle. Do you suggest I kill it with newspaper or cardboard or let it stay and will hablitzia be okay on edge poles of teepee?
@@infiniteohms Thank you. Only one hablitzia is still alive that I started from seed and I have a teepee with 6 poles. Will it eventually spread to other poles?
I purchased seeds for Caucasian Mountain Spinach but am wondering if I got the wrong seeds. My plant is doing well in a pot (this is a first year plant) but I am getting what looks like a young melon and also a rather large yellow flower growing from it. Also, the leaves are not smooth but sort of hairy feeling. To me, it looks like a cantaloupe plant. Is this to be expected with Caucasian mountain spinach? I'm confused.
Dude I know you are busy with podcasts and nursery work and life in general....but crank out some content on here. Love the info on plants....I looked at your website...you literally have so many freaking awesome things...it's a dream nursery. I'm always looking for the next edible/medical perennial ial and I'm lookin on your site to see what's zone 4 hardy ...then trying to source it in Canada!!!!. Would love to see some obscure perennials.
I am also having trouble getting good information about propagating yellowhorn. I read that it doesn't like being transplanted so it's easier to seed them in place. I was able to acquire a dozen seeds this spring and I planted 8 in the ground and 4 in pots. Before planting I soaked them for 24 hours, scratched the seed coat with a knife, and soaked for another 24 hours. Let me know what your experience has been and I will try remember to keep you updated on mine. Thanks!
I haven’t had any issues transplanting them when they are dormant. Certainly direct sowing is nice for the trees, as long as you can give them some protection / water etc… but not strictly necessary IMO. One detail you didn’t mention is cold stratification, after soaking dried seeds I store them cold/damp in the fridge or root cellar for 2-3 months, then they start to germinate and put then in the ground.
@@infiniteohms I was afraid of that. The instructions I received with the seeds did not mention stratification so I am hoping they have been cold stored. I may place my small pots in the refrigerator for a while. By the way, I listen to Propaganda by the Seed and appreciate the work you do. I am also working to establish a nursery here in central Kansas. Much love and respect brother.
how its the flavor of turkish rocket compared to Good King Henry? Can you compare both please. I ordered some seeds from you last year and Im interested in these.
They are very different. GKH is a spinach relative and tastes very much like spinach when cooked, raw they also taste like spinach, but with a bitter/soapy aftertaste I dislike. TR leaves I would compare to mustard greens, the flower buds resemble broccoli raab, but with a extra flavor I would relate to seaweed, very tasty. Both these plants are better cooked in my opinion, large Turkish rocket leaves are barely palatable raw, but can be delicious if cooked properly (try a quick boil and then frying)
I love the design using the weed wacking strings. I've always thought the metal paint stir rods are a bit rough on the seeds. Will this sort of a rig work to remove the fuzz from seeds such as liatris and aster?
Yes! I have successfully cleaned many fluffy seeds with this tool without damaging the seeds viability. It does require a fairly fast drill speed, if the battery on my Milwaukee m18 is running low it won’t de fluff seeds very well. On the flip side I have occasionally damaged seeds by using to fast a drill speed, so better to start a bit slow and go faster then use full power all the time. I hope this helps!
@@infiniteohms Thanks for the reply. Good info on the speed of the drill. i have a bunch of asters and liatris I want to use it on. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Thank you for sharing your information about sochan and I hope you are safe and healthy out there. Would you suggest direct sowing or transplant seedlings for plantings near the edge of a forest
This is one plant that I've seen so many times but never thought to look up if it was edible or not! Can't wait to find some this spring and propagate some to eat at home.
Also well adapted to rain gardens, though it might outcompete its neighbors. This is the favorite host plant of Stresmside Checkerspot butterfly caterpillars.
Really nice description of the valuable edible parts of this great plant.... Hoping you tried the roots as a raw snack? They are AMAZING and I can't wait to have enough plant material to harvest them for roasting in March :)
Hi, i started some from seed in may. They are still tiny! Not even finger height yet. Is it normal for this plant to stsrt off this slow? They are a healthy color and arent being bothered by any pests. How are your seedlings doing?
I would hope to see more growth then that by now... I have occasionally had Hablitzia seedling stall in pots, but when transplanted into the ground they took right off.
@@infiniteohms thanks! They are all in pots still, but buried in the ground to keep from drying out. I will definitly plant some in the ground then! Maybe they are rootbound even thpugh they are so small
Hi bud! I just sowed some of these after I 'grew' tired of sowing perpetual spinach and getting poor yields before going to flower. These seem to keep plugging away and have a much larger leaf. Thanks for your quick summary, I'm hyped!
Excellent video! I think you answered all the questions I had. I started a bunch of them in my basement in early spring and they are doing well. I was thinking of transplanting to my yard somewhere but now I'm afraid I won't keep ahead of the spreading roots. Now I'm thinking of just finding a nice spot in some woods or edges of fields near my home. I really only want the roots but I would like to try the leaves as well.
You might want to try growing some in a large container, that way they are easy to harvest for greens (which I highly recommend) and then when you want to harvest roots you just dump out the container and all the roots will be super easy to harvest.
@@infiniteohms Excellent idea! Thanks. Actually I could do some in the forest too. I'm pretty sure we already have them growing wild here in Northern Connecticut anyway.
@@infiniteohms well i can only hope i didnt bury them to deep or they were fresh enough. I think i got farely fresh seed and i plug them in the ground and mulched a bit with woodchips
@@johnstonj92 The seeds need 5 months cold stratification to germinate. So if you have mild winters they may not germinate. Store the seeds in the fridge this autumn and plant them out next spring and you should have lots of wonderful Sweet Cicely plants next year ;)
I'm gearing up to start a small at-home nursery here in Missouri. Any suggested book reading or any quick tips you want to share? I built a propagation frame and I also am finishing a greenhouse. I like your website and videos a lot!
thanks! secrets of plant propagation by Lewis Hill is good if you need to brush up on vegetative propagation. If you use facebook, hit me up there, there are several useful groups.
Planting in partial shade, especially in areas with hot summers. Watering during drought. Adding some lime to the soil in acid conditions. Hablitzia is a very northern adapted plant, so in southern and western US states they might just not do well no matter what.
@@infiniteohms thank you i am growing it from seed this year im planning on putting it on the north side of my home in the yard where it gets some eastern sun in the morning followed by indirect west sun in the afternoon. Im adding some biochar hopefully this will help the soil for it to do well in making the soil more alkaline
