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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 17, 2012 13:10:46 GMT -5
So what is the long green one? It's part of my Extra Large Moschata Landrace. I think that they are descendants of Long of Naples. Quite a few of them showed up this year:
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Post by floricole on Sept 23, 2012 19:44:13 GMT -5
I did grow miniature maxima squash this year. they have reach 4'' diam. Muscade de provence, Queensland blue, Australian butter and many other. I have been force to grow them in 2 gal. container, you should try in a 5 gal to see what it can do Here are my mini squash Australian butter, Blue kuri, Buttercup, Hidemi, Potimaron, Red kuri, Rouge vif d'etampe, Stella blue Hokkaido,Table Acorn, White acorn, Zolotaya Grusha (Golden Pear) and the tennis ball
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Post by oxbowfarm on Sept 23, 2012 20:03:34 GMT -5
They're bonsai squash.
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Post by littleminnie on Sept 24, 2012 7:58:18 GMT -5
Yes for Hobbits.
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Post by diane on Sept 24, 2012 10:32:04 GMT -5
I have some little squash this year because I was away until the end of July so they didn't get watered.
The size is just right but I wonder if the flesh is thin in proportion.
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Post by wolfcub on Sept 24, 2012 14:48:50 GMT -5
Pierre .5gal buckets did no better than your 2 gal. I grew a few left over squash in 5 gal. and they are also mini size.
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Post by castanea on Sept 26, 2012 23:42:07 GMT -5
So what is the long green one? It's part of my Extra Large Moschata Landrace. I think that they are descendants of Long of Naples. Quite a few of them showed up this year: That is amazing that they do so well for you.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Oct 24, 2012 20:27:48 GMT -5
Cooked one of Joseph's Giant Mediums yesterday. It was actually the squash marked "EARLIEST" in an earlier post on this thread. It was the first moschata flower to open this year, and I thought it would abort because I couldn't find any male moschata flowers to possibly pollinate it with. When I opened it up there were about ten seeds in the bulb end and they were all empty. I think this squash got pollinated with pepo or maxima pollen which was enough to initiate fruiting but they embryos aborted as some stage. Pretty interesting.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 24, 2012 21:28:46 GMT -5
We ate one the other day too. I had dropped and split it. Hub hates squash but I got him to eat it with potato in latkes with bacon on the side. I made homemade applesauce too. My Musques weredefinitely smaller this year. The only big squash I had were Joseph's long necked or sometimes big and fat moschatas.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jan 22, 2013 19:18:50 GMT -5
As a follow up: I have been eating this year's moschata squash landrace. Yesterday and today I cooked long-necked butternut (About 16" long with 3" diameter necks.) Then I took a photo of the seed cavity. One of the goals of my breeding project is to move the deep orange color of Libby's pumpkin into the fruit shape of butternut. It's working out really well for me. The squash on the right resembles what I started with.
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Post by littleminnie on Jan 22, 2013 19:44:16 GMT -5
These Musques were nice and orange. It is a different shade than pie pumpkins.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 24, 2013 10:27:27 GMT -5
Did you send me those mini squash seeds? I have a bunch downstairs in my cellar that look similar. They grew pretty well considering the drought and taste good especially the orange one with green tips.
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Post by canadamike on Jan 24, 2013 20:14:01 GMT -5
Joseph, I strongly recommend you get ORANGE from an european friend here, Hristo must have it, Lieven does...I grew it years ago...you want orange...they did not name it ORANGE for no reason. It is also called in french ''JAMBON DE HONGRIE'' (hungarian ham). Best ever for me, very very deep colored. Delicious RAW.
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Post by nathan125 on Jan 24, 2013 21:46:01 GMT -5
Would dry farming have much impact on the size of the squash? I want to grow some pink banana squash but want to dry farm it to maximize flavor and my growing conditions. i plan to dry farm some tomatoes, my landrace to be exact.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jan 25, 2013 7:25:53 GMT -5
IMO the size a squash gets is genetically controlled. Theoretically dry farming would improve squash flavor by concentrating the flavor compounds but if the squash plant gets stressed to much by inadequate water the flavor suffers (in my experience). Best thing to do is find the varieties with the size and flavor that meets your requirements and then breed and select your own strain for exactly what you want. That's how to get the best tasting squash, select them to thrive under your conditions.
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