the drymifolia collective
@drymifolia
posts are by the lead organizer of a decentralized cold-hardy avocado breeding project in the Cascadian lowlands, based in West Seattle (Coast Salish land)
A liberal.. on my "right-wing agitprop?" mute list ?? *pretends to be shocked*
Thank you for the comforting words! I was staring at the list of counties with large percentages remaining and didn't like how heavily they leaned her way
Their profile has at least one red flag (well red and white)
Meanwhile some people are apparently just resistant to change? Can't really think any other reason to make this switch
I thought the answer was going to be "nothing" for Seattle, but I found this 515 sq ft, 1br 1ba apartment (condo?) that allegedly sold for that price
Yes but apparently this is what they mean by porn cakes (Brunch Club is apparently a restaurant in Bali)
Sorry to hear that one of my favorite native leaf vegetable species here in Cascadia is invading your area. No scurvy for me!
The only other variety with flowers on it outdoors is "Elmo," but it hasn't opened any of them yet
In terms of sheer number and density of flowers, "Walter Hole" wins, hands down. It has 10+ branches that each end with a flower bouquet like these
"Poncho" (also sometimes spelled "Pancho") has also been very hardy so far, but failed to set fruit in its small first flowering last year. It has fewer flower buds than Del Rio and has grown less vigorously overall. This is the only open flower so far, though
"Del Rio" may be the most exciting, as its seedlings have been among the most impressive in our project so far. The leaves were slightly damaged by the winter low of 24.7°F, but the flower buds mostly made it through OK
It is remarkable that your flowers are already finished entirely, while most of mine have not even started yet. Mexicola is on day 2 of flowering now:
Looks like hand pollination season has begun in the greenhouse!
Beautiful! Have you tried cross-pollinating between them by hand? Your flowers are weeks ahead of the ones in my greenhouse.
The project continues! Here are a few of next year's trees, just about ready to start growing after a winter spent in a dark, cold greenhouse
For some reason the pinned skeet about joining the avocado project has self-deleted, so I guess I'll make another one! If you live in USDA zone 8b or above in Cascadia and you want to torture some baby avocado trees in the name of science, slip into the DMs!
Do you really have to choose only one option? How about FUCK ICE but in Seahawks colors
Your paper describes it correctly so I assume it was just when you summarized it for your post here you misspoke. Here's from your paper:
That's pretty small for Hass... but I've definitely seen some smaller avocado seeds of other varieties like this one...
This is the tree that has been outside in the ground for the longest of any tree in the project: since January 2021. If the winter is mild enough to avoid damage to the branch tips, it's possible this could flower for the first time next year.