HoarfrostHubb Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 25 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Friggin' Bald-Faced Hornet nest is still going strong. Sucks that I'd like to mow front yard now but this ****er in gonna get in the way. A million years ago I was working at my old office in Rocky Hill CT (was there every few weeks or so, mostly working in Marlboro Ma). There was some ornamental tree in front of the office that had a big, basketball sized nest in it. One of our project managers just went up to it with a thick drum liner bag (goes in a 55 gallon drum). Bagged the sucker up, knotted it, and let nature take its course. Over the next couple of days they all died of asphyxiation I guess. He didn’t get stung at all. crazy Nutmeg State dude. Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, OceanStWx said: I love videos of dumbasses playing with fire. My favorite is two guys pouring gas on a bonfire and one catches the other on fire and goes running with the can blowing on it. I've looked all over for it but I can't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, kdxken said: I love videos of dumbasses playing with fire. My favorite is two guys pouring gas on a bonfire and one catches the other on fire and goes running with the can blowing on it. I've looked all over for it but I can't find it. I’m thankful there was no video/photographic evidence of my dumbassery in dealing with hornets using fire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Anyone know what happened to Pete Bouchard at NBC Boston? Matt Noyes is the new CM. Bouchard is MIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 2 hours ago, DavisStraight said: A lot of my peaches are on the ground, didn't get many pears, have to properly trim the tree to get more fruit. The deer will be happy. My pears go nuts. One produces large, tasty fruit. Unfortunately the porcupines did a number on the trees this year. I’m going to take from scionwood from the good one and graft a couple more next spring. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, dendrite said: My pears go nuts. One produces large, tasty fruit. Unfortunately the porcupines did a number on the trees this year. I’m going to take from scionwood from the good one and graft a couple more next spring. How hard is it to graft? I have a couple suckers growing up around my peach tree and figured rather than pruning them I could try and save them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 minute ago, OceanStWx said: How hard is it to graft? I have a couple suckers growing up around my peach tree and figured rather than pruning them I could try and save them. I think it’s easy. What are you trying to save? The epicormic ones growing straight up from the main branches? The 1 year wood from those are good for grafting. All you need to do is get rootstock to graft them on to. Some people have air layered branches, but it can be tricky. You can either grow out your own seedlings from seed (kinda late for that considering the suckers are getting mature) or get some seedling or nemaguard stock from a site. Cummins should have some the 2nd half of winter. I’ll be getting some pear stock from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I have a lot of invasive buckthorn that I practice my grafting cuts on. I did all whip and tongue on my apples and pears last spring and had 100% takes. Cleft grafts are easier and work well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 The best pears in the world are from Harry & David’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: The best pears in the world are from Harry & David’s How do you think Dendrite pays for his chicken and tree fetishes? He sells pears to Harry and David. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 59 minutes ago, dendrite said: I think it’s easy. What are you trying to save? The epicormic ones growing straight up from the main branches? The 1 year wood from those are good for grafting. All you need to do is get rootstock to graft them on to. Some people have air layered branches, but it can be tricky. You can either grow out your own seedlings from seed (kinda late for that considering the suckers are getting mature) or get some seedling or nemaguard stock from a site. Cummins should have some the 2nd half of winter. I’ll be getting some pear stock from them. Is the epicormic ones I'm supposed to trim off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Is the epicormic ones I'm supposed to trim off? Yeah…the water sprouts like this are normally pruned. The ones that go straight up like that are just vegetative branches…horizontal tend to produce the fruiting buds. Hence why people like to train their branches more on the horizontal…apples can even go 90° and be trained a little downward. Pears are more or less below a 45° angle, but my large standard tree that puts out great fruit eventually started weeping and the more it weeped, the more the branches bent downward, and the more fruit it produced…kind of a positive feedback. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, dendrite said: Yeah…the water sprouts like this are normally pruned. The ones that go straight up like that are just vegetative branches…horizontal tend to produce the fruiting buds. Hence why people like to train their branches more on the horizontal…apples can even go 90° and be trained a little downward. Pears are more or less below a 45° angle, but my large standard tree that puts out great fruit eventually started weeping and the more it weeped, the more the branches bent downward, and the more fruit it produced…kind of a positive feedback. Mine are actually root sprouts, but I'm realizing that the peach tree was grafted already (Redhaven on Lovell) so I don't want to graft the rootstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: Mine are actually root sprouts, but I'm realizing that the peach tree was grafted already (Redhaven on Lovell) so I don't want to graft the rootstock. Yeah...definitely prune everything below the graft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 What is the best way to locate a thread? I hate that they get out of chronological order when they are bumped. I can't find anything searching. It's the March 4th 2019 thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 47 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: What is the best way to locate a thread? I hate that they get out of chronological order when they are bumped. I can't find anything searching. It's the March 4th 2019 thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 14 hours ago, NorEastermass128 said: Anyone know what happened to Pete Bouchard at NBC Boston? Matt Noyes is the new CM. Bouchard is MIA. Bouchard was awful IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: It was the obs thread I believe. I saw that, but no idea where the obs thread went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: It was the obs thread I believe. I saw that, but no idea where the obs thread went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Just now, Baroclinic Zone said: Is there a tip to find threads? I always have an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Is there a tip to find threads? I always have an issue. So I went into advanced search feature. 1. Clicked "Topic" as search. 2. Clicked our Subforum to search in. 3. Clicked custom date range and filtered for topics started from March 1 - April 1 2019. 4. Added March + Obs for search terms at the top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: So I went into advanced search feature. 1. Clicked "Topic" as search. 2. Clicked our Subforum to search in. 3. Clicked custom date range and filtered for topics started from March 1 - April 1 2019. 4. Added March + Obs for search terms at the top. Oh, see I was just putting things in the search space and did not click on the little magnifying glass. I see now. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 16 hours ago, NorEastermass128 said: Anyone know what happened to Pete Bouchard at NBC Boston? Matt Noyes is the new CM. Bouchard is MIA. He still is tweeting recently using his NBC10 username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 4 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Bouchard was awful IMO. Off measuring totals that are almost as big as him. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 4 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: He still is tweeting recently using his NBC10 username I saw that, but he’s been off air for a really long time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 58 minutes ago, NorEastermass128 said: I saw that, but he’s been off air for a really long time now. Hmmm. That’s strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 These red flag warnings are nuts 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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