Triple Variety Tomato Graft Experiment - Page 12

Delerium · March 20, 2014

Looky what we found that we totally forgot about.. A fully colanized Oyster Mycelium container. Perfect timing to add it right in to our Oyster Mushroom raised bed.

Delerium · March 25, 2014

1st Pic - Oysters are pinning again.
2nd Pic - Tomato Grafts - Day 33 since planting outdoors.
3rd Pic - Tomato set on my Tomato/Eggplant graft (Planning to grow both Eggplant and Tomato on the same plant (1 vine for tomato and 1 eggplant stem *Vertical Graft*).

Delerium · March 25, 2014

I have so much fun combining Potato Leaf varieties with Regular Leaf Varieties.

Some photos to share.

Delerium · March 26, 2014

1st pic - Day 2 Oysters - fun to watch these grow Day by Day.

2nd pic - Just for comparison.. Here is the Store bought Oysters we grew earlier this year.

JamesL · March 26, 2014

D,
Great pix! Keep'em comin'!

RootLoops · March 26, 2014

wow those look awesome! i've got to go thru this thread when the kids go to bed i've been wanting to read it all but no time yet!

Delerium · March 27, 2014

Day 3 Outdoor Oysters - 3-27-14

RootLoops · March 27, 2014

those are beautiful! it's always so exciting seeing them fruit!

Delerium · March 27, 2014

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Originally Posted by RootLoops

those are beautiful! it's always so exciting seeing them fruit!

Thanks! I am ready for some new mushroom growing experiments. Going to start adding granular DE in to the substrates and compare it with Substrates with no DE. I am wondering if adding DE will help with lessening the chance of contamination and increase air flow within the substrate.

RootLoops · March 27, 2014

it won't hurt, i've used perlite in substrate mixes before, wherever the mycelium met a piece of perlite it rhizomorphed out around it. i figure coarse de would be similar

Delerium · March 27, 2014

Are you familiar with the guy who had Oysters growing from his Vermicompost bin? Link here

http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun...in-a-worm-bin/

So i tried to replicate this in my Worm Bin. And had no luck getting the mycelium going - What i did find out was that the Worms loved feasting on the mushroom stem cuttings. So now i wonder if the mycelium was started in pure harvested vermicompost with no worms.

Tracydr · March 27, 2014

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

Very strange, and intriguing!
Andrey was describing an apple tree with 4 apple grafts and a pear on it in his think of a business thread, this is neat to do it with tomatoes. Clever. I think you have bragging rights here.

Marsha

I used to have an apple tree with two varieties. Golden delicious and some sort of tart,red, maybe Macintosh. I loved it! In July we had tons of fresh eating apples and in September we had cooking apples to freeze.

Delerium · March 27, 2014

Dwarf Grafts

Delerium · March 28, 2014

Morning Tomatovillians

Pic 1 - Day 4 - Outdoor Oyster Mushrooms
Pic 2 & 3 - Same varieties in reverse using discarded portions when grafting to make 2nd graft from original plants parts. I figured i could study plant behavior if i did the 2 desired varieties the way i wanted and in reverse just to see which would do better.
Pic 4 - Macrobin Grafts are looking great. All flowering at this point 3-28-14
Pic 5 - Onions/Garlic and hopefully more Oyster Mushrooms.

efisakov · March 28, 2014

Pic 4: is it dill with toms?

March 28, 2014	#180
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Pic 4: is it dill with toms? __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

March 26, 2014	#170
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	D, Great pix! Keep'em comin'!

March 26, 2014	#171
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	wow those look awesome! i've got to go thru this thread when the kids go to bed i've been wanting to read it all but no time yet!

March 27, 2014	#173
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	those are beautiful! it's always so exciting seeing them fruit!

March 27, 2014	#175
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	it won't hurt, i've used perlite in substrate mixes before, wherever the mycelium met a piece of perlite it rhizomorphed out around it. i figure coarse de would be similar

March 27, 2014	#176
Delerium Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: California Posts: 942	Are you familiar with the guy who had Oysters growing from his Vermicompost bin? Link here http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun...in-a-worm-bin/ So i tried to replicate this in my Worm Bin. And had no luck getting the mycelium going - What i did find out was that the Worms loved feasting on the mushroom stem cuttings. So now i wonder if the mycelium was started in pure harvested vermicompost with no worms.