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cannabineer

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I bet the winding roads in northern Ontario were a lot of fun to ride, did you stop by the big nickel for a photo? I was there when I was little. We were passing through on a road trip to Thunder Bay. I don't remember a lot, but I do remember how dirty and rundown it looked, the bad smell and being asked to leave a restaurant as soon as we finished eating because they closed early on Sunday.

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No! I didn't even know about the Big Nickel until I saw your post. I think I stopped twice in Sudbury if I remember right (and that is an iffy proposition): once to be nosy with the striking miners, and another stop to partake of the cultural uniqueness that is a Tim Hortons. I had a donut and a diet Coke.
~edit~ Sorry for the late response!
 

tyler.durden

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No! I didn't even know about the Big Nickel until I saw your post. I think I stopped twice in Sudbury if I remember right (and that is an iffy proposition): once to be nosy with the striking miners, and another stop to partake of the cultural uniqueness that is a Tim Hortons. I had a donut and a diet Coke.
~edit~ Sorry for the late response!

That would be a good name for a band...

@tangerinegreen555 ?
 

Bareback

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Red Haven, I am in zone 9a also.I think they are the best eating peaches around, and I sure can't complain about the production. Tree is about 9 yrs old now and was a stick when I planted it. I top it every winter at about 12 feet, and spray for curly leaf.
I don't know if brown rot is my problem or a boring Beatle.....

But we had a wet winter and spring with a late frost. I still had a good bit of fruit but it had that slimy snotty looking shit oozing out of most of them. Plus a few worms inside the ones I cut open to investigate.
 

Don_Sequitor

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I don't know if brown rot is my problem or a boring Beatle.....

But we had a wet winter and spring with a late frost. I still had a good bit of fruit but it had that slimy snotty looking shit oozing out of most of them. Plus a few worms inside the ones I cut open to investigate.
Boring Beetle.
 

Laughing Grass

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No! I didn't even know about the Big Nickel until I saw your post. I think I stopped twice in Sudbury if I remember right (and that is an iffy proposition): once to be nosy with the striking miners, and another stop to partake of the cultural uniqueness that is a Tim Hortons. I had a donut and a diet Coke.
~edit~ Sorry for the late response!
You didn't have a double double? Blasphemy! They've spread to several northern states since burger king bought them.
 

raratt

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I don't know if brown rot is my problem or a boring Beatle.....

But we had a wet winter and spring with a late frost. I still had a good bit of fruit but it had that slimy snotty looking shit oozing out of most of them. Plus a few worms inside the ones I cut open to investigate.
Did the tree have fruit on it when it froze? We had a wet spring also, it didn't affect my fruit.
 

Bareback

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Did the tree have fruit on it when it froze? We had a wet spring also, it didn't affect my fruit.
Well maybe.... I'm not sure....it was right around the time it was blooming. I just don't remember if it was the week after or ? I don't think it had any actual fruit yet. I do remember that the freezer was about a week long with night temps in the twenty's and it cost me all of my plums ( second year in a row ) . But I had done a late pruning to try and push the bloom cycle out a extra week or two.... I don't know if this helped or hurt .
I also don't like to use pesticides but will definitely try it next year if I don't get screwed by the late freeze again. Also the tree looks healthy with lots of fresh growth, no leaf issues . I use homemade compost to top dress , about 2"-3" deep by 3'-4' dia. plus spend hay as mulch, this is what I've been doing for years around all my trees .

Do you think the use of granule pesticides would help with over wintering pest.
 

hillbill

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I chopped 2 more Soulmate at 64 days 20% amber 20% clear, loud with Pine/Juniper and fuel or solvent and Lavender and a skunk sensation or feeling, or I smoked a little too much Black Gold!

Definitely loud and sticky and the smell is in that stickiness to an eye wetting degree. English Leather aftershave or British Sterling.
 

hillbill

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Mulched a raised bed that holds Elephant Ears. Also did some containers with Elephants. The mulch went over used mix I had top dressed with to dispose of since I have plenty to reuse. Used pine bark fines and straw!
 

raratt

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Well maybe.... I'm not sure....it was right around the time it was blooming. I just don't remember if it was the week after or ? I don't think it had any actual fruit yet. I do remember that the freezer was about a week long with night temps in the twenty's and it cost me all of my plums ( second year in a row ) . But I had done a late pruning to try and push the bloom cycle out a extra week or two.... I don't know if this helped or hurt .
I also don't like to use pesticides but will definitely try it next year if I don't get screwed by the late freeze again. Also the tree looks healthy with lots of fresh growth, no leaf issues . I use homemade compost to top dress , about 2"-3" deep by 3'-4' dia. plus spend hay as mulch, this is what I've been doing for years around all my trees .

Do you think the use of granule pesticides would help with over wintering pest.
I don't think a systemic insecticide would be a good thing to use on a fruit tree. I have not had a problem with worms though. I think the freeze got them, IMHO.
 

Laughing Grass

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In California the "double-double" is a cheeseburger from In n Out, one of the better fast food chains. We're too warm here for a Tim Hortons; they survive a few seasons but refuse to breed.
Coming from a Canadian, everything they make is garbage. All their donuts and baked goods are frozen then then thawed in a convection oven. I've always wanted to try in and out burgers. I don't think there's many on the east side of the US.
 
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cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Coming from a Canadian, everything they make is garbage. All their donuts and baked goods are frozen then then thawed in a convection oven. I've always wanted to try in and out burgers. I don't think There's many on the east side of the US.
My fave when I get to an In n Out (none in my area currently) I go for the "Flying Dutchman", which is a sandwich of melty cheese between two glorious greezy beef patties. No carbs, just about.
 
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