|
|
Post by 12540dumont on May 22, 2012 15:36:31 GMT -5
Raymundo, I have 4 years of seed in the fridge for that one. The boss said, it was time to plant some of the others, before the seed gets old. That's been my only Moschata for years. Time to give the buckskins a chance. After this year, Leo wants me to plant only 2 kinds of each every year and separate them so we can keep the seed. So this is my last year of squash field trials. boo hoo. I love the overwhelming diversity. I dug the baskets in this morning, so I should be ready to plant the ones that are up tomorrow, or even this evening. I still have to finish harvesting for the CSA. I spent the early morning picking peas, carrots and broc. Now a short nap and onto the parsnips, beets, spinach, lettuce. I'm leaving a big patch of parsnips in to go to seed.  There's a long list a going here of things to do. The boss called and said, he's got another for me.... |
|
|
|
Post by steev on May 22, 2012 23:12:04 GMT -5
I've about all the squash I can deal with (I hope I can deal with all this), but I must admit Whangaparoa is enticing just for the sound of it.
|
|
|
|
Post by littleminnie on May 26, 2012 12:00:16 GMT -5
I planted my winter squash yesterday and sort of screwed up and made more work for myself but in the long run it was a good thing. I have 150 feet long spot and however wide it needs to be for the winter squash/pumpkins/gourds. Evidently I had planned on putting in 75 and doing them every two feet! I don't know when I made this weird call. But I got out there with my plants and starting planting them 3 feet apart and realized I had way too many. PLus I hadn't even brought the gourd seeds. So I decided to lift up the last sheet of plastic and cram another drip line in there. I was tired and burying the edges even a little of the plastic is hard work! So now I have 2 rows in there and 150'x12' FRC protecting all of them. There is plenty of room to sprawl.  This is what I planted. 15 butternut 4 acorn 3 Thelma Sanders 7 Delicata 6 Dumpling 2 Spaghetti 8 buttercup 2 sweet meat 1 Marina di chioggia 1 Golden Delicious 2 Musque de provence 10 winter luxury pie 5 cinderella I have lots of room for gourds and any squash that do not sell at market. I plan on saving the butternut seed and put the MDP at the other end. They may cross some but I don't know how much really. I hope to save the earliest butternut and maybe the MDP won't be flowering by then. I also plant to save mixed maxima seed. I put the Cinderella at the far end from them so maybe I won't have that mixed in as much as the better eating ones. I have never grown Golden Delicious. |
|
|
|
Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jun 4, 2012 9:58:43 GMT -5
quick update on mine, they seem to be doing well. In May when the temperature was fluctuating Wild Pueblo seemed to be having difficulty with droopy leaves off and on, so perhaps the temps got slightly colder than it was used to. Other than that they all seem to be doing well now. I really like the look of the Hopi Black. Hopi White is doing fine too. From the research i've done, apparently silver-leaf mottling is rare in Cucurbita maxima squash. There is only one varity published in any articles and that variety is only known as "Zuni". I am curious if Hopi Black and Zuni might actually be the same variety, but i dont have any access to seeds or pictures so i can't say. But either way i really like the silver leaf look, and it might even provide some sort of adaptive advantage in arid environments.  Hopi Black  Hopi White  Wild Pueblo |
|
|
|
Post by steev on Jun 6, 2012 0:39:07 GMT -5
Oh, me! Here I am laboring under the burden of my own lack of self-control and Holly sends me more seed! She knows that when they show up on my doormat, I will look into that basket, see their guileless eyes, and want to nurture them. It's hopeless; how can I resist little Whangaparoa? It seems to like me.
|
|
|
|
Post by castanea on Jun 6, 2012 9:48:48 GMT -5
Areni Giant marbled squash
Hopi Black
Orange kabocha
Zapallo Grande
Greek sweet red
Hindu
Baiana
Hayato (aka Hidemi)
|
|
|
|
Post by steev on Jun 9, 2012 19:23:22 GMT -5
Some of the squash and melons I've set out the last couple weeks are really attractive to something, slugs or grasshoppers, I suppose. Lady Godiva has been stripped to ribs! Okra, ditto.
|
|
|
|
Post by becbec31871 on Jun 9, 2012 20:49:00 GMT -5
I planted just the other day some giant pumpkins!!I started my husbans luffa gords now I'm wondering where to put them lol!
|
|
|
|
Post by oxbowfarm on Jun 11, 2012 21:02:47 GMT -5
Finally got most of my winter squash in the ground, the only stuff that isn't in is some of the more obscure pepos and moschatas.
|
|
|
|
Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 18, 2012 21:19:44 GMT -5
Today I planted:
Cucurbitaceae, Bitter Melon -- Momordica charantia
Cucurbitaceae, Bottle Gourd -- Lagenaria siceraria
Fig Leaved Gourd -- Cucurbita ficifolia
Buffalo Gourd -- Cucurbita foetidissima
Naked Seeded Squash -- Cucurbita Pepo
I'm expecting some of them to require more heat and growing season than I can provide, and I put my entire seed stock at risk, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Planted them in a garden that has a warmer micro-climate and longer growing season than my main fields.
Cucurbita argyrosperma is growing fine. 5 seeds germinated and survived.
|
|
|
|
Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jun 18, 2012 21:37:35 GMT -5
I'll be interested if you have any success with either Cucurbita foetidissima or Cucurbita ficifolia. If the Cucurbita ficifolia interests you i might be willing to send you the other half of the seeds that i grew last year. I already shared half with Holly. I tried planting some seeds for the Buffalo Gourd, but i didn't see anything germinate. I got the seed from Native American Seed.
|
|
|
|
Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 18, 2012 23:07:46 GMT -5
I'll be interested if you have any success with either Cucurbita foetidissima or Cucurbita ficifolia. If the Cucurbita ficifolia interests you i might be willing to send you the other half of the seeds that i grew last year. I already shared half with Holly. I tried planting some seeds for the Buffalo Gourd, but i didn't see anything germinate. I got the seed from Native American Seed. That's too clever... I also sent half of my ficifolia seeds to Holly. I have a few foetidissima seeds that I could share. I planted indoors in an incubation chamber: 23 hours of fluorescent light at about 80F, so if they are gonna germinate at all that aught do it. By the way Holly, thanks for that post on starting seeds in plug trays. It sure has made germination and weed control easier. Too bad I can't apply it to carrots. Let's see how they do. No telling if my climate is at all suitable. The argyrosperma squash sure haven't done anything for me the last two years. |
|
|
|
Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 29, 2012 10:17:29 GMT -5
The c. ficifolia and c. foetidissima have germinated.
|
|
|
|
Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jul 2, 2012 14:52:26 GMT -5
Quick squash photo update:  Squash, Hopi White (x2)  Squash, Hopi White  Squash, Hopi Black  Squash, Hopi Black  Squash, Wild Pueblo  Squash, Wild Pueblo  Squash, Wild Pueblo |
|
|
|
Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Aug 2, 2012 2:15:52 GMT -5
More photos:  Squash, Wild Pueblo  Squash, Wild Pueblo  Squash, Hopi White  Squash, Hopi Black One Wild Pueblo fruit is coming along nicely and is even sporting some of that orange/green mottling which looks kinda cool. The two Hopi White plants are spreading out over large amounts of area and are sending down large amounts of roots all along each vine. This one seems like they may also be god producers sporting a fruit per "branch", but having several branches in many directions. The Hopi Black has yet to set any fruit yet, but that is partially in blame to the Elk who stepped on the end that was crawling that had an immature female flower. The end suffered too much damage. fortunately a new female blossom has been sighted on another branch. It is suffering slightly from grasshoppers, while the other two varieties seem to be uninteresting to grasshoppers. |
|
