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Post by Penny on Feb 12, 2009 11:30:05 GMT -5
What a great list you have and i would love to see some pics too.
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Post by marjeta on Feb 12, 2009 12:43:40 GMT -5
Flowerpower... I started my squash journey with ornamental squash, but then I quit growing them. Since they're not edible you can't grow them near the edible (crossing -> unedible squash). I still have a shoe box full of old ornamental squash seeds. I may grow a few this year..my mom really likes them. Bunkie, thanks. The Slovenska golica's flesh is nothing special, but it is edible, of course. You can use it for soups and stuff like that. Almost every variety has a different taste (some taste really alike), a different flesh texture etc. Some are really excellent, some are average, and some (like for example halloween pumpkins) are so-so, since they're ment for something else - for carving or to collect the precious hulless seeds. Some facts: Slovenska golica120 days from sowing to maturation Average weight 3-5kg, (1kg = 2.2 pounds = 3lb) 10+ fruits per plant 3m2 space required 3 months storage of a mature fruit So it's pretty productive - a lot of fruits with a good weight. Usually only the squash that have little fruits are so productive. It looks like that: k53.pbase.com/o6/37/763237/1/81394700.5ntRK0Me._MG_15401.jpgpenny, I'll provide photos.... when there'll be something to take pictures of. ;D I wasn't very photographically active last year.
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Post by bunkie on Feb 12, 2009 13:45:39 GMT -5
that's really interesting marjeta! in your pics of the Slovenska golica, they are green striped just like the Lady Godiva!
have you any spare seed of this type?
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Post by macmex on Feb 12, 2009 17:15:43 GMT -5
For what it's worth, when we lived in the hill country, to the North and East of the Mexican city of Puebla, the #1 most common squash there looked just like Tonda padana. It was very clearly a c. pepo, but extremely resistant to cool wet conditions.
George
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Post by raymondo on Feb 12, 2009 21:39:50 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a reference with good descriptions of the Cucurbita species, particularly identifying features? I have Suzanne Ashworth's Seed to Seed which has some good info but it would be nice to have a more extensive list of characteristics, if they exist.
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Post by grungy on Feb 12, 2009 21:42:08 GMT -5
I'll second raymondo's request. Or perhaps one of the experts here can help define identifying characteristics.
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Post by bunkie on Feb 13, 2009 10:43:01 GMT -5
i have a pdf file on the cross polination of curcurbits on my desktop that has a great chart, but i don't know how to link it here. would this help?
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Post by Penny on Feb 13, 2009 11:26:00 GMT -5
quote penny, I'll provide photos.... when there'll be something to take pictures of. ;D I wasn't very photographically active last year. We've all been there
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Post by grungy on Feb 13, 2009 14:04:49 GMT -5
Bunkie, anything would be a help. Thanks
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Post by extremegardener on Feb 14, 2009 11:25:13 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a reference with good descriptions of the Cucurbita species, particularly identifying features? I have Suzanne Ashworth's Seed to Seed which has some good info but it would be nice to have a more extensive list of characteristics, if they exist. Vegetables of New York, Vol 1 - Part IV The Cucurbits (aka The Cucurbits of New York); 1935 published by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. www.nysaes.cornell.edu/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=34&osCsid=09c3552043fd01cfe43b883fcdfe5edeI don't think it's available in electronic format. It's rather pricey now - I got mine when they were still selling them for $3.95. (Does that date me or what?) It has incredibly detailed variety descriptions and discussions of the classifications. It is of course, dated, but wow, 131 pages and a bunch of hand colored plates...
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Post by bunkie on Feb 14, 2009 12:33:13 GMT -5
Bunkie, anything would be a help. Thanks val, i just emailed ray the pdf. hopefully he can figure a way to post it here. if you want, PM me your email addy and i can send it to you.
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Post by marjeta on Feb 19, 2009 6:47:24 GMT -5
Please excuse my absence!
I had an exam this week and I had to focus on that.
bunkie, right now I have no more Slovenska golica seeds available, but I'll have plenty in autumn. Feel free to contact me at the time.
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Post by orflo on Feb 19, 2009 7:04:53 GMT -5
You can quite easily see the difference between C. maxima and C. pepo, by looking at the little stem that's attached on the fruits (there's also a difference in leaf shape, but these stems (and seeds) are easier to put in the right category). If the stem looks quite thick, round and shows many cracks, chances are great that it's a maxima; if the little stem is divided in five flatter shaped parts, it's a pepo...
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Post by iva on Feb 19, 2009 9:01:39 GMT -5
In that case Tonda Padana could be a pepo, because the stem is devided...
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Post by orflo on Feb 19, 2009 10:00:21 GMT -5
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