# Off Topic **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/off-topic/39.md?page=1 [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Tomato Self Incompatibility and Crossing with Wild Species](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tomato-self-incompatibility-and-crossing-with-wild-species/1236)
**Author:** [@Justin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Justin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tomato-self-incompatibility-and-crossing-with-wild-species/1236 "2025-03-09T18:35:49Z")
I’m going to write a lot. If it’s too much for you to read, my main question is under ‘2’ in this first section. I’ve been trying to understand something about your SI tomatoes. I understand now (don’t know why it took … --- ## [R.I.P Casey Piscura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/r-i-p-casey-piscura/3508)
**Author:** [@stephane\_rave](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/stephane_rave)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/r-i-p-casey-piscura/3508 "2025-02-26T17:19:15Z")
sad news relayed in the media…Casez Piscura the founder and owner of Wild Mountain Seeds died last week. :frowning\_face: His work was so awesome and inspiring ! how sad to see this genius go… His seeds from his farm w… --- ## [Gardening Community Pages by State](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407)
**Author:** [@LarimarHomestead](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/LarimarHomestead)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407 "2025-01-24T13:33:03Z")
So if someone wanted to get in touch with everyone within their state they can. The tidbit that I was referencing was about someone mentioning that they wanted to get in touch with other growers/gardeners within the s… --- ## [Free breeding training, registration opened](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/free-breeding-training-registration-opened/3386)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/free-breeding-training-registration-opened/3386 "2025-01-17T12:38:48Z")
--- ## [What's toxic in the Nightshade family?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/whats-toxic-in-the-nightshade-family/1384)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/whats-toxic-in-the-nightshade-family/1384 "2024-11-30T03:05:18Z")
I stumbled upon a video claiming that Solanum pennellii is poisonous. I didn’t take much notice at first because the video is marketing for GM food. But later I thought I’d check it out. Nothing convincing but a number o… --- ## [Adaption seed saving discussion](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/adaption-seed-saving-discussion/3227)
**Author:** [@mbcoll](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/mbcoll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/adaption-seed-saving-discussion/3227 "2024-11-28T01:23:34Z")
“Adaptation Seed Saving “ Found it helpful when people share their YouTube video findings when there’s new people discussing this similar topic so I thought I would take a moment and share this discussion I heard tonigh… --- ## [Antibes conferences live streaming and replays](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/antibes-conferences-live-streaming-and-replays/2977)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/antibes-conferences-live-streaming-and-replays/2977 "2024-11-24T21:37:10Z")
Live streaming and replays + programme of Antibes conferences: Link: https://bit.ly/sowyourresistance\_live Joseph’s main workshop 2024-09-06T06:45:00Z (UTC) Duration 1H45min … All that precious video content is ma… --- ## [The most useful plants for pollinators in your garden](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-most-useful-plants-for-pollinators-in-your-garden/3101)
**Author:** [@stephane\_rave](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/stephane_rave)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-most-useful-plants-for-pollinators-in-your-garden/3101 "2024-11-08T19:06:24Z")
We all know that pollinators are a great help in landrace projects. It would be interesting to share the names of the best plants useful for pollinators in your gardens. What types of pollinating insects are attracted… … --- ## [Show me the mess you've made!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/show-me-the-mess-youve-made/1443)
**Author:** [@Hugo](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Hugo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/show-me-the-mess-youve-made/1443 "2024-10-25T05:49:50Z")
I know what you’ve done. You’ve done it again haven’t you? :wink: Don’t hide in fear, it’s part of our disease. It comes paquet and parcel with the obsessive disorder of seedsaving. SHOW ME THE MESS YOU’VE MADE OF Y… --- ## [Growing food in Vole City](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/growing-food-in-vole-city/2074)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/growing-food-in-vole-city/2074 "2024-10-14T13:16:22Z")
We have some pretty serious vole challenges at our place and I was hoping to tap into the deep expertise of the community ahead of the 2024 Indiana growing season. Time horizon for improving production is within a few gr… --- ## [Crazy Avocado Ideas](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/crazy-avocado-ideas/2890)
**Author:** [@Paul\_R-B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Paul_R-B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/crazy-avocado-ideas/2890 "2024-08-29T22:22:29Z")
This spring I built a bed using the “sandwich/lasagna” method - basically filling the bottom with unfinished materials and layering up to finished compost/soil on top. Since we eat a lot of avocados, I believe I’ve had a… --- ## [What is this legume?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-legume/2159)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-legume/2159 "2024-08-04T08:15:59Z")
Can anyone identify this legume? I realize it’s not a lot to go off of --- ## [Cover crops basics](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cover-crops-basics/745)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cover-crops-basics/745 "2024-07-29T22:05:42Z")
Hi, Do we try to fix Carbon? Nitrogen? To enrich the soil? Or to structure it? Cover it? Do we try to limit weeding? … What are we talking about when we say “cover crop”? I think we should create a resource page on the… --- ## [A tip from Carol Deppe about overwintering](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/a-tip-from-carol-deppe-about-overwintering/981)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/a-tip-from-carol-deppe-about-overwintering/981 "2024-07-16T02:36:16Z")
I’ve started rereading The Tao of Vegetable Gardening, and this tip really stood out to me! I didn’t notice it at all before, and it seems really helpful. She said you don’t want to give fall-planted crops much (if any… --- ## [Nutrient density in food](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/nutrient-density-in-food/1067)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/nutrient-density-in-food/1067 "2024-07-08T17:57:07Z")
You know how it is why you have one of those “Oh, duh!” moments? I felt that way when I read Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted recently. I’ve thought for most of my life that it was ironic and so bizarre and made no… --- ## [Landrace In Mainstream Science](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landrace-in-mainstream-science/2622)
**Author:** [@Tathata](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tathata)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landrace-in-mainstream-science/2622 "2024-06-22T13:24:46Z")
I came across this article: It seems mainstream science is starting to take notice. --- ## [What are your favorite gardening tools?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-are-your-favorite-gardening-tools/698)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-are-your-favorite-gardening-tools/698 "2024-06-17T03:13:04Z")
This is relevant to landrace gardening because it’s relevant to what growing habits we’re adapting our plants to! I’m curious about what kinds of tools most of us use or don’t use. These are all the gardening tools I c… --- ## [Inbreeding in other forms of life](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/inbreeding-in-other-forms-of-life/2606)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/inbreeding-in-other-forms-of-life/2606 "2024-06-11T17:31:37Z")
Inbreeding in other forms of life puts the problem of heirloom varieties in perspective. I got inspired to search around for information on purebred dogs after listening to @julia.dakin’s presentation and because this is… --- ## [Vrikshayurveda](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vrikshayurveda/589)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vrikshayurveda/589 "2024-06-01T04:31:01Z")
I’ve wanted to make this post for a while ever since @UnicornEmily suggested it a while back. Grateful for your suggestion and patience :slightly\_smiling\_face: Grateful also to you and @Lowell\_McCampbell who have heard m… --- ## [Let's talk about laying out corn and friends](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lets-talk-about-laying-out-corn-and-friends/662)
**Author:** [@Greenstorm](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Greenstorm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lets-talk-about-laying-out-corn-and-friends/662 "2024-05-12T00:47:43Z")
As I’m planning my corn for 2023 I’m giving thought to spacing and to companion planting. My smallest corn likes to be tight (10"-1’ depending) and only grows a couple feet tall; last year my first foray into corns talle… --- ## [Green potato polyculture in winter shade](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/green-potato-polyculture-in-winter-shade/594)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/green-potato-polyculture-in-winter-shade/594 "2024-05-04T17:29:12Z")
In the True seed producers thread, I hoped to discover if Adirondack Red could make seed. In the end and with @julia.dakin 's encouragement, I decided to just grow out the tubers I’ve got. Here’s where things get more i… --- ## [How would you recommend setting up a trench greenhouse?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-would-you-recommend-setting-up-a-trench-greenhouse/1184)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-would-you-recommend-setting-up-a-trench-greenhouse/1184 "2024-05-03T01:25:59Z")
I’m toying with the idea of setting up a trench greenhouse at some point, in order to be able to overwinter tropical or semi-tropical perennials (cough banana plants) more easily. I love the way the Russians did it with… --- ## [The 1 million dollar question](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-1-million-dollar-question/2415)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-1-million-dollar-question/2415 "2024-04-22T03:34:04Z")
100% clickbait. This was a honey pot. You fell into it. … kidding :wink: I watered my transplants an hour ago for about 10 minutes… with sprinklers in my greenhouse. Then I came back an hour later and what strucked me … --- ## [Solanum habrochaites crosses F2 fertilty](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/solanum-habrochaites-crosses-f2-fertilty/1599)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/solanum-habrochaites-crosses-f2-fertilty/1599 "2024-04-14T05:02:02Z")
Last season I grew four F1 tomato/habro crosses. Their tomato mothers were College Challenger, Jaune Flammée, Matt’s Folly and Pink Berkeley Tie-dye. I collected lots of F2 seeds and this season sowed about 15 of each, s… --- ## [Oregon shutting down small farms?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/oregon-shutting-down-small-farms/2351)
**Author:** [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/oregon-shutting-down-small-farms/2351 "2024-04-03T04:59:30Z")
A bit worrying if the case. --- ## [Arborist wood chips mulch, lasagna cardboard sheet mulch, plastic sheets](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/arborist-wood-chips-mulch-lasagna-cardboard-sheet-mulch-plastic-sheets/2333)
**Author:** [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/arborist-wood-chips-mulch-lasagna-cardboard-sheet-mulch-plastic-sheets/2333 "2024-03-31T16:39:08Z")
Some more research notes on soil health --- ## [Chaos gardening](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/chaos-gardening/1979)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/chaos-gardening/1979 "2024-02-23T01:47:10Z")
Chaos Gardening Funny reel that intersects heavily with what David the Good called “Machete Gardening” in the GTS podcast where he was a guest. My wife sent me this with the text “This is you in our backyard” … --- ## [Interesting piece of animal trivia](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interesting-piece-of-animal-trivia/2082)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interesting-piece-of-animal-trivia/2082 "2024-02-22T19:30:38Z")
So, I’ve wondered for awhile why carnivores have shorter guts than omnivores. You see, the longer an animal’s gut is, the more capable it is of digesting plants. That’s why herbivores have much, much, much longer diges… --- ## [Selling spare plants locally](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/selling-spare-plants-locally/1947)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/selling-spare-plants-locally/1947 "2024-02-15T06:32:02Z")
Inspired by Mark Reed talking about selling seedlings locally in a different thread! Here’s a link to his last post that touched on that topic before I split these posts into their own separate thread: Being able to … --- ## [OT: Using cactus to establish trees in the desert](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/ot-using-cactus-to-establish-trees-in-the-desert/1701)
**Author:** [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/ot-using-cactus-to-establish-trees-in-the-desert/1701 "2023-12-01T02:57:19Z")
Using cactus as precursor plants to create ground shade and moisture for succession plants and fungi in the desert. [Previous page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/off-topic/39.md) [Next page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/off-topic/39.md?page=2)