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[Nikitas]

Deniz,

Recently I had to research "no till farming" for an article. According to the US department of agriculture no till in combination with crop rotation can give a farmer a sizeable boost in profits. About a third of US farms in the Midwest are no till farms. But there is no money in it for Montesanto and Dow chemicals.

[denizaksulu]

Deniz,

Recently I had to research "no till farming" for an article. According to the US department of agriculture no till in combination with crop rotation can give a farmer a sizeable boost in profits. About a third of US farms in the Midwest are no till farms. But there is no money in it for Montesanto and Dow chemicals.

Ofcourse, 'money' is what makes the world go round. They will sell you anything you dont need. 'Control Freaks'.

Is 'Montesanto' the same as 'Monsanto'?

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[YFred]

Deniz,

I pruned it but not radically. I trimmed off all shoots from the branches and pinched off all later shoots, but left the branch tips alone.

A neighbor has one on a north facing side of this building and it is full of fruit.

I think this time round I will get a pro to trim it. If he will accept such a humble job, pruning a single tree. Our gardeners here are very picky about jobs.

They like water too. Keep some water specially in summer months.

My cousin in Kophinou (Mr Lurucadi) would water his Pomegranate orchard everyday. He would tell us how to look after the trees ( I was 11 yr old at the time). At school we also did 'Agricultural Studies'. I wonder if they still teach such 'mundane' jobs. We learnt a lot from these classes. If you lived in a village, you always had chace to practice too.

Mr Lurucadi should know. Pomegranate needs watering every day and plenty of it. If it does not get it it will either drop its fruit or open the fruit prematurely.

[denizaksulu]

Deniz,

I pruned it but not radically. I trimmed off all shoots from the branches and pinched off all later shoots, but left the branch tips alone.

A neighbor has one on a north facing side of this building and it is full of fruit.

I think this time round I will get a pro to trim it. If he will accept such a humble job, pruning a single tree. Our gardeners here are very picky about jobs.

They like water too. Keep some water specially in summer months.

My cousin in Kophinou (Mr Lurucadi) would water his Pomegranate orchard everyday. He would tell us how to look after the trees ( I was 11 yr old at the time). At school we also did 'Agricultural Studies'. I wonder if they still teach such 'mundane' jobs. We learnt a lot from these classes. If you lived in a village, you always had chace to practice too.

Mr Lurucadi should know. Pomegranate needs watering every day and plenty of it. If it does not get it it will either drop its fruit or open the fruit prematurely.

Tezcan Lurucadi(then 12 y.o.) would bring me one every day to school. Do you know her? She must be a granny by now.

[YFred]

Deniz,

I pruned it but not radically. I trimmed off all shoots from the branches and pinched off all later shoots, but left the branch tips alone.

A neighbor has one on a north facing side of this building and it is full of fruit.

I think this time round I will get a pro to trim it. If he will accept such a humble job, pruning a single tree. Our gardeners here are very picky about jobs.

They like water too. Keep some water specially in summer months.

My cousin in Kophinou (Mr Lurucadi) would water his Pomegranate orchard everyday. He would tell us how to look after the trees ( I was 11 yr old at the time). At school we also did 'Agricultural Studies'. I wonder if they still teach such 'mundane' jobs. We learnt a lot from these classes. If you lived in a village, you always had chace to practice too.

Mr Lurucadi should know. Pomegranate needs watering every day and plenty of it. If it does not get it it will either drop its fruit or open the fruit prematurely.

Tezcan Lurucadi(then 12 y.o.) would bring me one every day to school. Do you know her? She must be a granny by now.

I knew a Tezcan who became a school teacher, but her surname was Meca not Lurucadi. Was Lurucadi really their surname or was it their nickname?

[denizaksulu]

Everyone called the father Lurucadi. He got killed when his tractor rolled over him. His son Ibrahim ( the one you mentioned before ) was called Ibrahim Lurucadi - I remember him leaving the Dormitories at the Turk Erkek Lisesi after hearin of his fathers tragic accident. After that I believe he took over the farming, because he never returned to the Lise.

You must know Tezcans married name. She also had a brother Ersel, same age as me I think perhaps a year older.

[denizaksulu]

Yfred. Nearly forgot.

I think 'Lurucadi' was the nickname they used. I assumed it was because they originated from Lurucina. Later they may have taken a new surname; I dont know. I wish I knew how we were related. I never asked. Now who knows?

[YFred]

Yfred. Nearly forgot.

I think 'Lurucadi' was the nickname they used. I assumed it was because they originated from Lurucina. Later they may have taken a new surname; I dont know. I wish I knew how we were related. I never asked. Now who knows?

I'll find out tonight let you know later. Did you say the crash was in 1958? Becasue there weren't that many people that had tractor in the village then.

[denizaksulu]

Yfred. Nearly forgot.

I think 'Lurucadi' was the nickname they used. I assumed it was because they originated from Lurucina. Later they may have taken a new surname; I dont know. I wish I knew how we were related. I never asked. Now who knows?

I'll find out tonight let you know later. Did you say the crash was in 1958? Becasue there weren't that many people that had tractor in the village then.

Yes, 1958, my first year at the Lise. The academic year began in September 1958 and ended in 1959. To be safe, it was between sep 1958 and June 1959. I belive they had their own tractor. The other one were in Yukari Kofunye. Osman Efendi had one and also another person. I think there were about five tractors in 1958.