mother and daughters doing well

i promised Jean a berry update ( although any can read if they like ) so here it is ...the mother plant ( first photo )in the bed on the east side of the yard is busy expanding population...there is a well established daughter along the southbound stolon ( second ) which terminates in the daughter i have pegged in the buried flowerpot ( third )...there is a northbound stolon as well ( fourth ) which also ends in a well developed daughter ( fifth )... it has taken root next to the second surviving import in the bed ( sixth ) and so any further growth along this stolon will have to be redirected to assure some reasonable spacing...finally, the wild natives are still bearing fruit ( seventh )...it is early yet...they went on into october last season...one suspects similar endurance for this year...more as anything of interest crops up.

one of Jean's daughters is pinned

i had thought the stolon i am trying to root in the buried flowerpot might have wayward tendencies ( i have been down this road before ) and when i went to look in on it this evening i was not surprised to find it had migrated ( first photo )...so i found a twig that had fallen from a tree ( one advantage of so many trees in the yard is a wealth of cast-off plant material to put to many uses ) that had a "wye" in it ( second photo )...i cut the wye out with some shears ( third ) and "pegged" the stolon down to the flowerpot ( fourth )...gently...i want to hole it in place, not damage it...and i have a much better chance of getting the plant to cooperate...the last two photos are of some native berries...still producing.

Jean's new york daughters II

the new york imports' decision to invest energy in reproduction rather than bloom and berries seems to be paying off..the plant in the bed on the south side of the house ( first photo ) has produced rather a lengthy stolon and a daughter ( second and third )...the plant in the bed on the east side ( fourth ) has produced a stolon ( fifth ) a robust daughter ( sixth ) and another stolon that is looking to root somewhere ( seventh )...i would like to spread these plants around so i am repeating the daughter plant transfer i did with the native berry plant i did a while back...i took an old flowerpot ( eighth )...buried it in the bed ( ninth )...filled it with soil ( tenth ) ...and guided the stolon end to it ( eleventh )...it may become necessary to peg the stolon down to convince it to root...we will let it have its own way for now and only intervene if necessary...and the native berry daughter transfer? the plant is doing very well actually ( twelfth )...it has produced a daughter of its own and more stolons than i actually want ( thirteenth and fourteenth )...we will save some...snip others...more as the transfer takes hold.

Jean's New York daughters

reason to celebrate, Jean...and anyone else that is interested...two of the new york imports have daughters that have taken root...the plant in the top photo is in the bed at the south side of the house and the daughter is very new...just rooting..the plant in the third photo is in the last bed on the east end of the yard and its daughter is well established and the first two leaves will be fully deployed soon..so the survivors are putting their energy into reproduction...this is fine...the last two photos are of a plant that has opted for its own growth as opposed to reproduction..it is a bit deeper into the east bed and there may be an issue with shade...lots of tomatoes and cucumbers hogging the light...they will be gone to another bed in spring and there will ( hopefully ) only be asparagus sharing the bed..that can go on the north side and hopefully there will be successful cohabitation.

new york progress

the native wild berries in the back yard continue to bloom and produce ( first three photos )...which is what they will do until october at least...albeit in diminishing numbers...mean while the new york imports are moving along...the fourth fifth and sixth photos are of one that has produced two stolons...one around four inches in length and the other around two-and-a-half...the seventh and eighth are of a plant that has elected to put its reproductive resources into a single stolon which is over eight inches long as i type...i told Jean she wouldn't see blooms and berries this season...however she will have daughters.

no new york blooms

the wild berries that have taken up residence in my yard of their own volition ( or bird droppings and daughter plants ) are still merrily producing away all over the yard ( first and second as if you couldn't see that )...however Jean, the new york imports are sending clear signals that there will be no blooms or berries this season...what they have been doing up til this point is deploying new leaves( third and fifth ) and feeding roots so they are well established before winter ( tough little plants )...and now they are well established enough they are reproducing...i see stolons on two of the surviving six and that means daughter plants this season and, hopefully, berries next...we will be eyeing this carefully.