Welcome!

[walt]

We were all newbies once.  Glad you joined us.

[aliceingardenland]

Ahoy fellow gardeners anyone out here

[philagardener]

We're here! Welcome! It would be great to hear a bit about your interests and aspirations for your garden!

[aliceingardenland]

Ahoy mateys! Newbie here checking everything out naturally was drawn to the tomato forum mmmmm tomatoes

[ferdzy]

Hello Alice and welcome... where are you gardening (climate, soil, etc.)?

[cubbie]

Hi Folks, I live in Hawaii, at 3,000 feet, and I'm mostly interested in growing moschata squash. Is there already a thread here that explains how to breed squash? I want to cross two types I have.

[William]

Hi Cubbie,



Welcome to the Forum.


I'm not sure how basic and far back the squash threads go. Crossing squash is pretty easy. If you are particiular you tape a female flower of the mother squash before it opens (inflated ovary on a short stalk. After it would have opened. Then you rip an anther off the father squash (no inlation, longer stalk, contains anthers full of pollen when ripe). You open your female flower dab that anther on the stigma and tape that flower back closed again. If you aren't particular just grow both varieties together save your seed and they'll cross on their own eventually.

[cubbie]

Well that sounds pretty easy. I just need to be able to identify the male and female flowers, before they open.

Sept 26, 2019 20:19:16 GMT -5 William said:

Hi Cubbie,



Welcome to the Forum.


I'm not sure how basic and far back the squash threads go. Crossing squash is pretty easy. If you are particiular you tape a female flower of the mother squash before it opens (inflated ovary on a short stalk. After it would have opened. Then you rip an anther off the father squash (no inlation, longer stalk, contains anthers full of pollen when ripe). You open your female flower dab that anther on the stigma and tape that flower back closed again. If you aren't particular just grow both varieties together save your seed and they'll cross on their own eventually.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Welcome!

We seem to be getting a few new members even though a large portion of old members are absent (or silent). But welcome!

The best thread on squash from my memory is the one where Joseph describes with pictures how to identify different squash species. I'll see if I can track it down.

[louisiane]

Welcome Cubbie! The female flower always has the form of a little cucumber fruit under it and in most cases, it is much smaller than the male flower.

[William]

Sept 27, 2019 8:45:29 GMT -5 keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) said:

Welcome!

We seem to be getting a few new members even though a large portion of old members are absent (or silent). But welcome!

The best thread on squash from my memory is the one where Joseph describes with pictures how to identify different squash species. I'll see if I can track it down.

There's a page for that on Josephs website. garden.lofthouse.com/how-to-identify-squash.phtml

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Welcome all! I've noticed a lot of new names lately here and on the Open Source Seed Initiative Forum, so welcome!

No need to be shy even if you don't know what your doing or don't have an "official" breeding project.

So Welcome! The more people post the more interesting things we have to read!

-Andrew

[galina]

Just as Andrew said! Welcome to new people on the forum. We enjoy hearing what you are up to, what you are growing, what does well and what is a challenge. If you tell us where you garden, that can help comment appropriately. Glad you found us.

[flowerbug]

waving hello from Mid-Michigan. some of you i already know from other forums.

now that the season is calming down a little i have a bit more time to read/write/post so thought i would join up.

mostly i grow a lot of beans, but other things too.

here is a sort of out of date pic, but it gives the general layout of our place.

the website www.anthive.com has a lot more pictures organised into groups/topics.

[William]

Welcome.