<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12611"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12887">From fruit growers email:<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12705"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12737"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12736">If you can find a citrus already grafted by a nursery at an acceptable price, then buy it. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12675"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12674"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12704">That said, I am hoping to graft some less common varieties that a recommended by home growers. If all goes to plan, around the time of the next CABAL, I should have some buds of mandarins and pommelos. If you want an "experiment" leave the newly purchased calamansi in its pot. We can attempt grafting to the established root stock. If the graft takes, you can look for a different spot for the calamansi, maybe somewhere with more sun?</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12643"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12647" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12646"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12645"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12673"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12881" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:53 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] Risks of automation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535302263054_12644"><br>Update:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> The losses: <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> o We're pretty sure the calamansi tree's a goner -- the worst of this<br clear="none">> calamity.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Today, I went out there (it's just north of the greenhouse, near the<br clear="none">rear corner of the garage), and saw something astonishing: There's a<br clear="none">brand-new shoot from the main trunk, branching sideways and then<br clear="none">straight up. It's already about 3/8" thick, about two feet long (tall),<br clear="none">and has over a dozen leaves on it(!). I can swear it wasn't there at<br clear="none">all a few days ago, but in any event it must be growing like<br clear="none">gangbusters.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Also, on the probably-dead main canopy, the part that's probably not<br clear="none">coming back, after I separated off the shriveled dead leaves, I spotted<br clear="none">another astonishing thing: an unripe calamansi fruit, about the size of<br clear="none">a large marble.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I should explain that calamansi is sometimes called Philippine lime,<br clear="none">being a citrus native there, but adapted to other warm climates. Parts<br clear="none">of Southern California qualify; Northen California is so if-ey that<br clear="none">trees are at considerable risk of death from hard freezes, and said to<br clear="none">be borderline for ever fruiting. _After_ we planted the tree, I saw<br clear="none">cautions that, if you don't live in a semi-tropical or tropical climate,<br clear="none">you should make sure the tree has a southern exposure to sunlight at<br clear="none">least. And we, like dumbasses, put it just outside the _north_ side of<br clear="none">the greenhouse. Shaded.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yet, hey, it tried to give us fruit, anyway -- right on schedule, as<br clear="none">it's said that maturing trees take a couple of years to start producing<br clear="none">fruit.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Filipino groceries offer calamansi concentrate (with honey or sugar),<br clear="none">which I've been buying for years and makes a delightful cold drink.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Local vendors in Sunnyvale:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/western-pacific-filipino-grocery-sunnyvale" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/western-pacific-filipino-grocery-sunnyvale</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/new-wing-yuan-market-sunnyvale" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/new-wing-yuan-market-sunnyvale</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have yet to do anything about the damned rain sensor.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">(In other news, Ruben Safir flounced off this mailing list, again.)<div class="yqt6993169952" id="yqtfd24044"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>