Adaptation / landrace projects in continental Croatia, EU

hehehe we talked about pathogens and she decided to remove that part from the text because there are many opinions about that so she didn’t want to attract bad attention.

Because I told her that my colleague who is the boss of the only independent lab for testing seed germination and any pathogens, who also has 20 years of experience working for different seed companies in the past, told that the chance to transmit any pathogens naturally on seeds is less than 0.1%. It can be done only on purpose if someone wants to sell some magical products.

She probably didn’t want to publish that because some corporations also fund the page :smiley: :smiley:

hahahahha let’s see :slight_smile:

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Time is passing by in continental Croatia… I am sowing a lot, and already transplanting but little time to report.
I have many projects I want to accomplish this year, and multiply as many seeds as possible of everything.

Something I am proud of is putting in the ground many fruit trees, nuts, pecans and chestnuts. Hundreds went directly in the ground, and many in pots. I also tried to sow haskap and currants from seeds… I have no idea how successful that will be, but fingers crossed. :slight_smile:

Also another favourite perennial is strawberries from seeds. I sowed many wild varieties, and some the “usual” big ones I found on my trip in Malaga.

Except for that I have hundreds of lettuces of many different kinds, bok choi grex, hundreds of artichokes and rhubarbs because I want to transplant them sooner than usual and in bigger quantities so they start rooting before summer heats.

One of my favourite grexes is oregano from @stephane_rave … I can already imagine sitting in the garden surrounded by oregano from all around the world <3

Apart from that i planted many trees which were grown from seeds, and planted some that were grafted. Most of them were gifts from friends or I exchanged them for other seeds.

I was bored one day, and counted that I have almost 1000 garlics in the ground, so I started imagining a garlic field for next year to multiply and extend my operations. I got garlic from different sources, and countries. I went around shops and took galic heads that had origin different from our country, especially those which were already sprouting.

Fava and peas grexes are also in the ground, as well as many onion seeds that started sprouting. Leeks is already quite big, excellent germination.

Many sweet and hot peppers as well as eggplants are already developing a second set of leaves, soon ready to be transplanted into bigger pots. I will sow tomatoes by the end of this week since they grow much faster.

Another thing I am trying for the first time is wheat and barley, different varieties :slight_smile:











This period was also rich in seed exchange events and many workshops, so I was lucky enough to be invited to talk about adaptation gardening in several cities around Croatia.

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it’s an honor that my oregano grex is starting in your garden ! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

A simple, but beautiful and powerful herb, which will bring flavors from Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Crete, Syria…and all the sunniest places in the Mediterranean.

fingers cross that you find some new hybrids and enchanting perfume. :crossed_fingers:

PS : contain Origanum syriacum, onites, dubium, vulgare ssp. hirtum, tyttanthum, majorana ssp. tenuifolium, virens, rotundifolium, laevigatum, dictamnus…

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Oregano mix is for sure one of my favorite projects for the future… I will make a special place in the garden just for it :smiley:

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