I recently got some seeds from my friend's Kentucky coffeetrees (Gymnocladus dioicus) and was wondering if anyone had success (or failure) stories with germinating them. I've already placed mine in the boiled-water method as per an article on the internet. So far none floating! Knock on wood.

Several of my seeds have sprouted sans chlorophyll and I'd like to graft one of them to a green/healthy sapling to see if I can keep it going... Thoughts? They're all first leaf and the whites are shrivelling before they get to second because they cannot sustain growth alone. Thanks for advice/ideas.

My in-laws got me this Purdue bottle opener a while back and I finally got around to making something to mount it on. Simple, but I think it turned out pretty well!

Bottle opener

I spoke with a guy who is getting rid of some Kentucky Coffeetree wood. Is anyone familiar with this type of wood? I am interested in making a butcher block countertop (I've been waiting for a good deal on walnut, but am impatient), but the wiki article state it may be toxic to some animals. Does anybody have any knowledge of this wood?

Hi all. I live in New England in a really old (circa 1700) house.

In the dooryard (yes, they're dooryards in NE) I have a large tree that was determined to be a Gymnocladus dioicus by an arborist I know. It's large, maybe 36" in diameter, making it pretty old. I was told by the same arborist that most of the time these trees were planted right after the Civil War because soldiers would bring home the seeds as souvenirs. Judging by the size of the tree (and the even bigger catalpa beside it) that's probably where this one came from.

Anyhow, Kentucky Coffeetrees are dioecious, and I only have a male.

I'm told that spring and summer are the best time to collect seeds because they've had a chance to mature and dry.

So, if you have a Coffeetree in your yard and have some seeds you'd be willing to collect and mail, I'd be happy to cover the cost via paypal.

Greetings

Before you is a primer on nitrogen fixing plants, as well as a list of useful nitrogen fixing plants.

Rhizobia

Rhizobia : Bacteria that symbiotically infect specifically legumes; or plants in the family Fabaceae, where they take nitrogen in the air and turn it into ammonia to fertilize the host plants.

^(Note: MOST but NOT all members of Fabaceae are symbiotic with nitrogen fixing bacteria.)

Here are some examples, most of these are edible, cover crops, green mulch/manure, medicinal,serve as a pioneer species or are valuable in some other way for human consumption.

Forage/Livestock Feed:

1. Alfalfa/Lucerne (Medicago Sativa) - livestock feed, perennial.
2. Clover (Trifolium) - edible raw & cooked, livestock feed, perennial varieties.
3. Vetch (Vicia) - edible and perennial varieties.
4. Peanut/Groundnut (Arachis) - Edible & pressed into oil, perennial.
5. Lupin (Lupinus) - Edible, perennial varieties.
6. Green Beans/Peas - Edible, perennial varieties.
7. Palo Verde species (Parkinsonia) - Edible,timber, perennial.
8. Honey Locust species (Gleditsia) - Edible, timber, perennial.
9. Stylo/Pencilflower (Stylosanthes) - drought tolerant, perennial, Phosphorus extractor.

Grain/Crop:

1. Pulse Beans/Peas - edible, perennial varieties.
2. Lentils (Lens) - edible.
3. Mesquite (Prosopis) - edible, timber, perennial.
4. Carob (Ceratonia) - Edible, timber, perennial.
5. Tamarind - edible, timber, perennial.
6. Jicama/Mexican Turnip (Pachyrhizus) - edible, perennial varieties.

Medicinal/Industrial/Other:

1. Soaptree/Coffeetree (Gymnocladus) -

I've got a couple of kentucky coffeetree seedlings about 1 year old, they were attacked by insects mid summer and went dormant as a result, losing most of their damaged leaves. I put them under my grow lights indoors and they dropped the rest of their leaves pretty soon and have been dormant ever since, about 4 months. How can I get them to start putting on some vegetative growth over winter so I can plant a healthy growing tree in the spring?

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Mentos

(I will see myself out)

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.