*** Wednesday, May 03, 2006 ***
- My Quest for a Tree..... -
Most of the people that know me probably know that I have a habit of planting seeds that I find and trying to grow trees out of them. Ever since we were at OU, and me and Mike took some plastic cups out of the recycling bins and dug up some dirt and planted some maple seeds we found on campus. Since then I've had a couple of maple tree seedlings which have all died eventually, and a few lemon trees from seeds I got out of lemons at Pizza Hut. I gave a few of those away, and I don't know what happened to them, but the one I have is still alive, but not really growing at all. But the point is.... of all the times I've tried to grow a tree, I haven't really succeeded yet. They always seem to meet some unfortunate end, like getting fried if they get left out in the sun during the summer, or getting eaten by bugs or something. And it makes me mad, because I want a damn tree, but not one that I bought.... I want to start it from a seed.
So I'm starting a new attempt. I'm trying some apple seeds.... though I don't know how well that will work. They won't grow unless you refrigerate them for a couple months so they think they went through winter and it's springtime. I would like to have an apple tree though..... But to be safe I picked up some more maple tree seeds I found while I was sitting around waiting for the bus today.... So I planted some of them, now I just have to wait and see if anything decides to grow. One of these days though, I'm going to have a tree and plant it outside and build a treehouse in it.... and I'll play in it when I'm about 80 years old.... i posted this at 7:04 PM ---
So I'm starting a new attempt. I'm trying some apple seeds.... though I don't know how well that will work. They won't grow unless you refrigerate them for a couple months so they think they went through winter and it's springtime. I would like to have an apple tree though..... But to be safe I picked up some more maple tree seeds I found while I was sitting around waiting for the bus today.... So I planted some of them, now I just have to wait and see if anything decides to grow. One of these days though, I'm going to have a tree and plant it outside and build a treehouse in it.... and I'll play in it when I'm about 80 years old.... i posted this at 7:04 PM ---
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oh you sentamental laconic bastard...
DEATH STICK!!!
[chases you around]
you need to plant a death tree...
um
'cause I need a new stick... mine broke...
Anyway, I think an apple tree seed is a fantastic idea... FANTASTIC!
In you're last blog you were talking about how you were digging the Americana as of late, does this wanting an apple tree play in part with that? 'Cause there is quite an excellent cultural heritage we have with the tree. Did ya know that the early settlers pretty much resurrected the apple tree's food career? Pretty much because the apple was the only source for sugar in the new world (as sugar cane was way too expensive). And the other neat thing (besides their history) about apple tree seeds is the fact that every tree is a brand new sub species (unless tree is graphed, which they all are anymore these days) and they tend to grow very easily in our soil and once taken to the soil need not too much attention... I got a book you should read part of... good stuff... at least about the apple... it's from my origins of agricultural class... and the chapter about the apple tree isn't that long...
DEATH STICK!!!
[chases you around]
you need to plant a death tree...
um
'cause I need a new stick... mine broke...
Anyway, I think an apple tree seed is a fantastic idea... FANTASTIC!
In you're last blog you were talking about how you were digging the Americana as of late, does this wanting an apple tree play in part with that? 'Cause there is quite an excellent cultural heritage we have with the tree. Did ya know that the early settlers pretty much resurrected the apple tree's food career? Pretty much because the apple was the only source for sugar in the new world (as sugar cane was way too expensive). And the other neat thing (besides their history) about apple tree seeds is the fact that every tree is a brand new sub species (unless tree is graphed, which they all are anymore these days) and they tend to grow very easily in our soil and once taken to the soil need not too much attention... I got a book you should read part of... good stuff... at least about the apple... it's from my origins of agricultural class... and the chapter about the apple tree isn't that long...
Maybe it will be a death tree.... you never know.
No the reason for the apple tree doesn't have anything to do with it's history or Americana.... I was just eating an apple one day and decided to save the seeds and see if I couldn't get a tree out of them....
Of course I did some research, because fruit seeds usually aren't as easy as just sticking them in some dirt and getting a tree.... and if you plant seeds from an apple you get at a grocery store, IF you get it to grow into an adult tree, the apples it makes won't be the same as the one you got the seeds from.... The trees that produce the apples are artificial crosses between different species, and then when they get a seedling from that they graft it onto the roots of a more hardy species. So most of the apples you see at the grocery store are confused as to what the hell they really are.... but I don't care, I'm not doing it for the apples, I just want a tree. Though I am curious now as to what will grow from the seed of a Granny Smith apple.....
No the reason for the apple tree doesn't have anything to do with it's history or Americana.... I was just eating an apple one day and decided to save the seeds and see if I couldn't get a tree out of them....
Of course I did some research, because fruit seeds usually aren't as easy as just sticking them in some dirt and getting a tree.... and if you plant seeds from an apple you get at a grocery store, IF you get it to grow into an adult tree, the apples it makes won't be the same as the one you got the seeds from.... The trees that produce the apples are artificial crosses between different species, and then when they get a seedling from that they graft it onto the roots of a more hardy species. So most of the apples you see at the grocery store are confused as to what the hell they really are.... but I don't care, I'm not doing it for the apples, I just want a tree. Though I am curious now as to what will grow from the seed of a Granny Smith apple.....
I know all that mr smarty pants... and probably a lot more than you do on the subject... pretty much why I recomended the book... cause I figured you'd already or would want to look this up like the freak you are...
We used to have an apple tree in our back garden.
It was great; I used to lie under it in summer and chill out and daydream and stuff. It was a superb spot to sulk in, too.
In the autumn I'd collect the apples up and we'd make apple crumble.
But then last year Mother said its roots were getting under the house and damaging the foundations, so she asked the gardener to cut it down.
I cried.
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It was great; I used to lie under it in summer and chill out and daydream and stuff. It was a superb spot to sulk in, too.
In the autumn I'd collect the apples up and we'd make apple crumble.
But then last year Mother said its roots were getting under the house and damaging the foundations, so she asked the gardener to cut it down.
I cried.
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