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[umbra]

Rose, I am not sure of the type of cherry. They are red and white. I don't think they are bing or black cherries. Actually eating a handful of blueberries. Just bought a cantaloupe and a watermelon at the roadside stand.

 

[Keef]

Whoa !-- We be having one of them Noah rains down here !--- Did U hear that ? -- Thunder rattling the house! --- That it!-- If I'm gonna die ? --- I'm gonna die high !-- Sheeet! --- That was close !--

 

[Rosebud]

Rose, I am not sure of the type of cherry. They are red and white. I don't think they are bing or black cherries. Actually eating a handful of blueberries. Just bought a cantaloupe and a watermelon at the roadside stand.

Oh man those are good they are either royal anns or Raineer... they are both heaven..

 

[umbra]

Oh man those are good they are either royal anns or Raineer... they are both heaven..

Technically they are red and yellow and they are Raineer. Apparently raineer and bing cherries are from the same species.

 

[Rosebud]

I think all cherries are the same species, like cannabis... But they are softer flesh then the old bings. It is fun to see the difference in my panama red and the more later hybridized pot. Or are you talking genus? Roses and apples?

 

[umbra]

Although Bing cherries and Rainier cherries are cultivars of the same species of tree, the sweet cherry (Prunus avium), they have a number of differences beyond the variations in fruit color and sweetness. Despite these differences, you can grow both fairly easily in home gardens in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 8, where they produce yearly crops of sweet fruit. Bing and Rainier cherries are both offspring of the parent tree Prunus avium, often called bird cherry for its small fruits that attract birds in the summertime. Bing is arguably the most famous cherry from this stock, first produced in the late 1800s on Lewelling Farms; the Bing name comes from one of the farm’s Chinese workers. The Rainier cherry variety was developed later and produced by crossing Bing with another popular variety, Van.

 

[Rosebud]

In our little farm where i grew up we had a Van, a Bing and a Chinook in our back yard. My dad would hook up the sprayer on the tractor and spray the heck out of those.. (ddt?) Thanks Umbra.. Did you grow them back east? DId you ever have that nasty pie cherry? yuck that was a sour surprise.

 

[umbra]

I have a black cherry in my front yard in NJ. The cherries were way too small to eat. Just a nuisance dropping on my car in the driveway. Never had the pie cherries. There was a beer on the east coast called The Mad Elf. It consists of a belgian dark strong ale and dry hopped sour cherries and honey. It's so popular that there are restrictions on how much you can buy.

 

[Keef]

Some of those GDP -x- Black Rose gonna germinate for me this time !--- PPP are germing too !

 

[bozzo420]

cherry trees ok snow did not kill off the blooms.

 

[yarddog]

That's great to hear bozzo.

 

[Keef]

Morning O.F.C. !-- Weather Hammered us last night !-- D.D. just made it home --lots of flooded roads !

 

[Rosebud]

Good morning all. Bozzo, with apricots, it is where the stem of the fruit meets the branch that freezes sometime. My dad taught me when i was very little to open( cut with knife) a cherry, apricot and look in the very inside and if it was black... it was frozen.. So when my apricots froze at the stem and fell, i was surprised. That may have been boring, sorry.

We had rain all weekend, heavy rain, for us, probably not like you Keef. Glad DD is home and tucked in.

I wonder how Cane is. Missing him.

 

[yarddog]

Good morning rose. Your up early.
So I get assigned a repair this morning. It's one of our delivery trucks. Won't crank, won't start. I get to it and find the key was on, battery dead. Long story short, some dummy left it running at the end if the day, it ran out of gas, and then battery's went dead because the key was on. I don't know what to say. Lol.

I am going to start a solo cup grow soon, it should force me to figure out the how's and when's or watering and weeding should be an educational experience. I really don't need another plant ATM, but one more won't hurt!!!

 

[ness]

Good Morning OFC. Beautiful day sun shining. All, of the babies are doing good.

 

[Rosebud]

Good morning YD, that is funny about your delivery truck. Good luck on the micro grow.. I really suck at that. If i have to participate I will, but I kinda have my hands full outdoors.. It is amazing what folks can do in a tight space..

 

[yarddog]

I am doing it because it should help me learn the plant better. I understand what you mean, it would be a burden to you. One day I will get to grow outdoor. One day!

 

[Rosebud]

YD, did i ever tell you I am very glad you hang around us old farts?

Good morning nes... :vap_bong__emoticon:

 

[Keef]

Ugh!--Musta slept in a bad position --Left arm ain't working so well and face is bothering me some !--- Making grandpa noises when I move around !

Dog gonna be a water pharmer ya'll !--- I see it happening !--- When U ready I'll help get started !--- I was an over waterer !---- So I just removed it from the equation !--- I never used hydro but a lot of the stuff is the same on nutes !
When I can move better I need to get another box put together !--I need to start spreading them out before they get much bigger !
D.D. ask me a question about growing that I just couldn't answer !---She said how do dirt pharmers look at their roots to make sure they healthy ?---

 

[Rosebud]

You can tell a healthy root system but the way your plants look. No need to see roots to know.