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lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Posts: 1322
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 20 10:27 am Post subject:
Yes Jam Lady, I guess that was what I saw. Beautiful team of Belgians. Thank you. Must have been Howells Living History Farm.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2571
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 20 1:56 pm Post subject:
There's a plowing match every year, lowri. I'm not quite sure if it will happen this year or not. And even if it does occur if I will attend. Here's one of my favorite pictures from a past event - Percherons with the plowman's grandchildren. When they (and I) first started coming to the even the horses were quite dappled. Last year they were very white. Apparently the dapples fade.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 20 6:33 pm Post subject:
that looks like the 2 gents are being a plough, ace snap lovely horses and i am not "horsey" iirc there are very few heavies left in the uk

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15966

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 20 6:43 am Post subject:
Horse ploughing matches are quite popular round here, so we probably see more of them than most places, but as you say, Dpack, not that many of some breeds of heavy horse. A lot of the shows we go to feature horses driven like that in an arena, but not usually with riders. Funny how we managed to get from tomatoes to horses.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2571
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 20 2:35 pm Post subject:

Thank lowri for the tomato to horse transition, MR.

The plow match was over, horses going back to Round Pasture by the visitors center for a break, so grandchildren got a ride. Horses probably don't even notice that light a weight on their backs.

Plow match competitors come from New Jersey (where the farm is located), Pennsylvania, sometimes a third state also. Breeds I've seen include Percherons, Belgians, Brabants, Suffolk Punch. There have also been mule teams, and the farm's oxen.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 20 3:15 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Funny how we managed to get from tomatoes to horses.

Aren't they part of the same family?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 20 6:43 pm Post subject:
toms quite like horse by products, no idea if horses like toms

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15966

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 20 6:57 am Post subject:

The only place I have seen oxen used to plough is at the Ancient Farm. They had a pair of Dexter cows to pull an ard. The initial pair were Kathleen and Siobhan, but their offspring Annie and Jacobus replaced them. I don't think I have seen mules ploughing, but I know they used to be used, or a mixture of mule and horse. There are a number of British breeds that are used, as well as some like the Percheron, that I have seen here.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 9:36 am Post subject:
Does anyone know what is happening to my tomatoes please? I have had a few like this. Thanks

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 9:43 am Post subject:
Hard to see in my phone, but it's it grey mold around the calyx? Botrytis often starts there.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 10:01 am Post subject:
It does start to go mouldy Slim and the fruit comes off the plant really easily.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 10:07 am Post subject:
Sounds like botrytis. Are the tomatoes in a tunnel? Has there been prolonged periods of high humidity? Botrytis is everywhere, but can only infect with hours of high humidity. Best defense is air flow

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 1:04 pm Post subject:
Thanks Slim. They are in my greenhouse and there are two windows that are always open and the doors, which are left ajar with a slight gap. I guess I need to crank them open some more.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 1:21 pm Post subject:
The ideal situation is to have a fan to circulate air in the tunnel 24 hours a day, but that's often only available to big growers

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 20 2:29 pm Post subject:
a pooter fan, small pv panel and small battery can be used

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