No natural predators allows non native species to outcompete and become invasive, so trees from similar latitudes in Asia have an easy time getting a foothold in North America.
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Spot on with your recommendation! You can foliar spray as well when they are young.
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Yeah, but curious as to why its not vice versa?
Or maybe it is vice-versa, we just dont have media access maybe to see?
Would be funny to see giant groves of American Chestnut or something in a random valley in China
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That’s a good looking bush you got there.
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Killing it!
What variety are those? I had some pink lemonade ones, they were cool, but i like big giant ones
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Its 30 years old. Rabbiteye i think.
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American species can and do become invasive in Asia and Europe. The chestnut blight came from Asia so there’s not much chance of that. Chinese chestnuts have some resistance because they evolved with the blight. American chestnuts were so badly impacted because there was no resistance.
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My air conditioning system has a pipe outside where water drips and forms a little puddle that I had planned to put something ornamental under like flowers to make use of the drip for watering but there are some tromboncino squash vines on the ground there putting roots down in the puddle. Does it seem like a bad idea to let something that I’m gonna eat drink that runoff water or probably fine?
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@Soiltech First Rosso to ripen! Going to try it tomorrow with dinner.
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Great to see youre still enjoying your garden. That tomato looks excellent! Can’t beat those ridges.
I have 2 Rosso plants going now - excited to see them ripen. Soon enough!
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Condensation is going ti be like distilled water…from my time looking it uo before, its totally cool…you will read warnings to not use on edible crops because of possible contamination? But idk why that truly is a concern(i just read possible mold/bacteria from a dirty ac, but thats not a real concern when you are using it to pour on soil).
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Picked up a red elephant ear bulb from Etsy and she’s now above soil…going to transplant into the earthbox soon. I really love these things and would like to collect every pheno for a jungle setup.
I found this lovely neon color online and will have to acquire it
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Condensate water is full of pathogens and a potential source for Legionaires disease. It shouldn’t be near anything you might eat.
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Well shit. There are already some roots in the water for a week give or take and I just threw mulch over the other vine nodes near it a few hours ago for more roots lol. Would that make the other squash on the vine unsafe to eat now?
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Probably not, i would just remove that section from near that water.
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I’m going to confuse things even more and say its more than likely safe. Legionaries generally wants warmer temps than you’ll find in a residential AC drain pan or drain line, even routed through the attic… its not stagnant water either if everything is running/draining properly.
Source: Me. I do lots of HVAC work & unclog many, many drain lines every summer… condensate water gets all over me… my clothes, my tools… it happens.
Cooling towers are a different story.
Either @hashpants is right and I’m immune to Legionnaires disease or he is incorrect and I am not immune to Legionnaires disease… and also he smells weird and is unpredictable.
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There is some funky stuff in those drain lines sometimes though & I wouldn’t wanna drink/eat it. Thats not really how plants use water anyway… I mean hell, we grow plants in chicken and cow shit.
Could always compromise and avoid the risk of hashpants being right & just use it to water flowers 
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You are 100% fine. Your condensate water has less risk than any other stagnant water that’s around. Stagnant is the key word there.
Keep it clean and don’t drink it.
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