{"id":27562,"date":"2026-11-14T08:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=27562"},"modified":"2026-11-14T08:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:28:45","slug":"two-failures-and-two-successes-in-my-garden-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/two-failures-and-two-successes-in-my-garden-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Two failures and two successes in my garden today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Failure one: Sowing old onion seed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late October, I sowed about 150 onion seeds. Only eight germinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suspected that I might get reduced germination because the seeds were from last year. I knew that onion seeds didn&#8217;t have long viability, but I thought I would get at least half of them to sprout, and I didn&#8217;t want to waste seed. But no: 8\/150 works out to only 5%. That&#8217;s terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the heals of this failure, at the beginning of November, I rapidly ordered new onion seeds and have already sown them. Fortunately, early November is not too late to sow onions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Kishu-mandarin-tree-too-much-fruit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27569\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3453208009807929;width:549px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Kishu-mandarin-tree-too-much-fruit.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Kishu-mandarin-tree-too-much-fruit-480x357.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Failure two: Too many Kishus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that the nights of fall are chilly and the Kishu mandarins are mature, I&#8217;m able to see the tree&#8217;s heavy crop. The little orange globes are glowing, and they are many. Too many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tree is stressed from carrying so much fruit and some branches are dying back. I&#8217;ve made this mistake before, the mistake of not reducing the crop on this tree. It has a habit of trying to fruit itself to death. With trees like this Kishu, I need to think of thinning the crop as a practice no less essential than irrigation. Not thinning the crop harms the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years back, I did not thin the crop on my second Kishu tree, and it had similar die back. In order to rejuvenate it, I removed the entire crop the following year. And the tree recovered beautifully. I will follow the same protocol with this original Kishu tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lamb-avocado-mature-crop-November-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27570\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3280217840754374;width:591px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lamb-avocado-mature-crop-November-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lamb-avocado-mature-crop-November-2026-980x738.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lamb-avocado-mature-crop-November-2026-480x361.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Success one: Consistent Lamb avocado crops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lamb variety of avocado has a few weaknesses, and one of them is its tendency to alternate bear. One year it will have a branch-breaking crop and the next it will be nearly barren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years back, I decided to try to manage this alternate bearing through girdling. So far, so very good. It has been four years now of consistent, moderate cropping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(See my post, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/girdling-lamb-avocado-trees-to-get-fruit-every-year\/\">&#8220;Girdling Lamb avocado trees to get fruit every year.&#8221;<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the tree still has some black, mature fruit on it (shown in the photo above), and it also has a developing crop to be harvested next fall. And just about a week ago, I girdled a few branches again with the hopes of forcing them to flower and set a future group of avocados that we will eat in the fall of 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Laurina-coffee-bush-under-avocado-tree-and-by-boulder-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27571\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2676164805544858;width:533px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Laurina-coffee-bush-under-avocado-tree-and-by-boulder-2026.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Laurina-coffee-bush-under-avocado-tree-and-by-boulder-2026-480x379.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Success two: Making coffee happy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have lost count of how many young coffee bushes I&#8217;ve killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were easy to grow when I lived and gardened by the beach in San Diego, but in 2013 I moved inland to the hills of Ramona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right away, the strong sun here killed the first few coffee plants I put out even though they were in a bit of shade. So then I planted the next group in full shade under a large orange tree&#8217;s canopy. They grew well until February 21, 2018. I was out of town that night, when the temperature dropped to the mid 20&#8217;s, and I came back to find all of the coffee plants frozen dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So now I have a coffee plant growing in a spot that gets both shade from an avocado tree and also stays relatively warm on winter nights because it is at the south side of a huge boulder. For a couple years now, the Laurina coffee plant has been flourishing in this spot. I believe I&#8217;ve finally found the happy place for coffee in my yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-coffee-plants-in-southern-california\/\">Here<\/a> is my post with a few tips on growing coffee in Southern California.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often while out in the yard I am reminded of this quote from Yeats: &#8220;Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have gained some value from this Yard Post, please consider returning the favor. <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/supporting-the-yard-posts\/\">Here is my support page<\/a>. Thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of my Yard Posts are listed <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/all-yard-posts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Failure one: Sowing old onion seed In late October, I sowed about 150 onion seeds. Only eight germinated. I suspected that I might get reduced germination because the seeds were from last year. 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