tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post7991774276599234972..comments2024-03-17T20:03:11.733+00:00Comments on Radix: The Root Less Travelled 1) More Peas Please - Aardaker and CaremyleRhizowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-19976104948671657172012-09-20T15:41:30.622+01:002012-09-20T15:41:30.622+01:00Hi Alan
Thanks for your comment. Good luck with ...Hi Alan<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. Good luck with your Lathyrus breeding - do let us know how you get on. <br /><br />Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-87440082560693885442012-09-20T15:20:20.714+01:002012-09-20T15:20:20.714+01:00Thanks for the tip about Gardens North. I'm ju...Thanks for the tip about Gardens North. I'm just about to order some Lathyrus tuberosus and a heap of other stuff. I've also got some L linifolius so I might have a go at that breeding project.Alanhttp://www.scottishforestgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-24952786986539244262010-02-13T22:09:39.584+00:002010-02-13T22:09:39.584+00:00Mark
The offer still stands post PhDMark<br /><br />The offer still stands post PhDRhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-62869087405118801132010-02-09T19:25:41.965+00:002010-02-09T19:25:41.965+00:00Thanks for the laugh. The last stages of a PhD ar...Thanks for the laugh. The last stages of a PhD are not fun, so any laughs are much appreciatedMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298303681158987258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-47289473660435626542010-02-09T07:41:03.355+00:002010-02-09T07:41:03.355+00:00Hi Mark
I think we should organise a whip round a...Hi Mark<br /><br />I think we should organise a whip round and get you started on this as soon as possible. <br /><br />Is anyone prepared to match the £5 I'm now pledging to Mark for the Aardaker-Caremyle project? <br /><br />I forgot to mention in my post that not only are the two species geographically isolated, but also temporally - L. linifolius being a vernal flowerer and L. tuberosus flowering later on.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-23398999254169909392010-02-08T22:07:18.055+00:002010-02-08T22:07:18.055+00:00Hi Rhizowen
I understand, I hate losing plants I h...Hi Rhizowen<br />I understand, I hate losing plants I have grown. Your plan for breeding L.linifolius is sensible and I agree that people are probably not sampling enough to see the variation in tuber size that could be present. Crossing the two species of Lathyrus seems potentially very interesting. So I wish you good luck. Maybe someday someone will pay me just to do such an experiment. Although I doubt it, sound like too much fun compared to the PhD.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298303681158987258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-85293601483133383072010-02-08T21:42:01.568+00:002010-02-08T21:42:01.568+00:00Hi Frank
I did wonder whether the aker bit might h...Hi Frank<br />I did wonder whether the aker bit might have been acorn, but the word that came up was eikel. At least I was fairly close. That's really interesting about the supposed varieties of aardaker in Zeeland. I'd be interested to know how they differed from the wild plant. <br /><br />It might be possible to collect seeds from differing parts of Lathyrus tuberosus' range, compare them, cross them and try and get some diversity into the resultant progeny. If someone would like to try growing 10,000 seedlings, I'm sure we might see some real variation in tuber size. Most of the time I think we're just sampling too few plants. It's a good plant - delicious, nitrogen fixing, hardy, with a long tradition of being eaten over a wide geographical area. It deserves to be domesticated.. <br /><br />Hi Patrick<br />I lost virtually all my aardaker tubers when I allowed them to dry out, even though they were in compost at the time, so I sympathise. <br /><br />Hi Mark - I try to have fun, but I do get a bit upset when I lose my plants.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-21419313152071868562010-02-08T20:29:48.853+00:002010-02-08T20:29:48.853+00:00Patrick,
aardaker should be kept moist, preferably...Patrick,<br />aardaker should be kept moist, preferably covered with earth. They do stand very low temperatures, so keeping them outside is no problem. This is actually one of these plants that seem to refuse breeding efforts (skirret is another example of this),<br />although I have an old book here that mentions aardaker had some selected varieties that were mainly grown in Zeeland, the Netherlands. None of these varieties, if they ever truly existed seem to have survived..orflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012811737135812741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-3374514439566663242010-02-08T16:27:33.482+00:002010-02-08T16:27:33.482+00:00Someone gave me some aardakker this year, which ha...Someone gave me some aardakker this year, which has since shrivelled up and died do to my neglect, so I probably won't get a chance to try it this year. I think in general my preference is for plants that have been at least a little domesticated, and your post sort of confirms the reasons for that. <br /><br />I know a lot of people really enjoy eating wild plants, but an awful lot of improvement can be had with just a little breeding work...Patrickhttp://www.patnsteph.net/weblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-29201123874585247672010-02-08T15:32:59.512+00:002010-02-08T15:32:59.512+00:00Nice post , as usual, Owen. The old word 'ake...Nice post , as usual, Owen. The old word 'aker' has some meanings, the first and most important meaning is a bucket, which has no relevance here, but another one is acorn, and I think that's it, so aardaker just means acorn of the earth, it seems that everything growing on trees did get an equivalent in the earth as well, earth chestnut, earth almond, a French name for yacon is 'poire de terre', earth-pear, another Flemmish word is aardappel, that's just a potato ('earth-apple') , and so on...orflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012811737135812741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-53189238831675446222010-02-08T04:25:29.773+00:002010-02-08T04:25:29.773+00:00Have fun.Have fun.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298303681158987258noreply@blogger.com