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Post by oxbowfarm on Jun 7, 2013 6:22:59 GMT -5
With planting season in full swing we are already way behind. I am happy to report that we've got 3/4 of the winter squash planted, the most critical ones. All that is left to plant is the maximas and a small row or two of acorn and a couple other bush winter squash. So here's a list of what we have in the ground already. Pepos - Ned Kelly F3 100 ft
- Candystick Dessert Delicata 100 ft
- Oxbow Delicata 600 ft
- Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin 100 ft
- Long Pie Pumpkin 30 ft
- Small Sugar Pie Pumpkin 30 ft
- Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato 30 ft
- Vavo's Long Keeper Jack Pumpkin 20 ft
- Winter Luxury X Jersey Golden Acorn cross 10 ft
- Long Pie Pumpkin X Delicata cross 10 ft
Moschatas - Oxbow landrace butternut 300 ft
- Joseph's XL green skin 30 ft
- Joseph's XL tan skin 30 ft
- Joseph's Medium/small landrace butternut 130 ft
- Dickinson Pumpkin 20 ft
- Cutchogue Cheese Pumpkin 20 ft
- Musque de Provence 20 ft
- Long Island Cheese Pumpkin 20 ft
- LI Cheese X Old Timey F1 20 ft
I've got all the cheese pumpkins in a separate trial row on the other side of my flint corn from the rest of the squash. I thought I'd do a bigger trial of the cheese pumpkin type moschatas. Mainly because I think they are beautiful. I'm especially interested in seeing what Dickinson pumpkin can do, and attempting a few cheese pumpkin crosses, maybe getting a separate cheese pumpkin short-season landrace going. I've still got all the maximas to go in but I'm planting a lot less of them this year as they were largely a waste of growing area the last couple years. At this point with markets this weekend it is going to be sometime next week that they can get planted. I also still need to plant some short rows of Jersey Golden Acorn and Kakai pepita pumpkin.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 7, 2013 8:57:32 GMT -5
My winter squash planting was right on schedule this year. Plants are at about the first true leaf stage. With maximas, my long term goal is to get fruits weighing around 10 pounds that taste great. Planted a row about 200 feet long, with one seed about every foot. - Oxbow farm maxima landrace
- The descendants of the Bishop's homegrown landrace that appealed to me, which were the smaller fruited squash.
- As many hybrids as I could find at the local farm stands and farmer's market. These included [Hubbard X Banana], and Sweet Meat crosses.
- Plenty of buttercups that I collected from the local farm stand.
- My daddy planted varieties unknown to me because he is growing Red Kuri squash in his garden and he wanted to grow that in isolation.
With mixtas, my goal is to get any fruit at all. I planted about ten varieties. For the most part they are not necessarily known to do well in cooler short seasons, but I was insistent that if people wanted to swap with me that I really really wanted mixta seeds. The most unusual seeds were very large, and very flat, and they had a huge gray frilly margin around them. A striking seed. If they hadn't come with a label on them, I would have thought of them as a new species of squash. I planted buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima. I planted the seeds from a Delicata that Holly sent me. It's from the Long Island Seed Project. I guess that I aughta plant my landrace zucchini. I have a separate field to put it in. Those are the only pepo squash that I am growing this year. Did I mention that I rather dislike pepo squash? A lady planted unknown squash varieties in my main field, so I'm not planting any squash there this year. Well, on second thought, I made a hybrid between a crookneck and a volunteer squash by emasculating the volunteer. I aughta plant that, just to see what comes of it. A fellow mailed me seeds from Cucurbita palmata, but they haven't arrived yet. I planted my moschata landraces: Both in the same field this year, separated by about 150 feet of other species. That is the small/medium and the extra large fruited. Will this finally be year year that I separate the small/medium squash into two landraces? Hard to say. In a separate field, I planted incoming seeds: crosses that other people have made between my squash and Seminole pumpkins, and varieties that are being trialed for the first time. The Hopi squash from Keen101 went into that field as well. I didn't want to look up what species they were, so it was easiest to stick them in a different garden. I planted Lagenaria bottle gourds. I found more seed, so I aught to plant them again.
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Post by bunkie on Jun 7, 2013 10:56:00 GMT -5
That Buffalo Gourd sounds interesting Joseph. It's edible, too?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 7, 2013 12:16:10 GMT -5
That Buffalo Gourd sounds interesting Joseph. It's edible, too? Guess I'll find out... Supposedly the fruits can be eaten as a summer squash, but get bitter as they mature.
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Post by steev on Jun 7, 2013 22:47:45 GMT -5
As do so many of us.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jun 25, 2013 6:03:53 GMT -5
Finished planting the squash a while back. Ended up with a few more things in the ground Pepos - Jersey Golden Acorn
- Kakai
- little decorative pumpkins from seed saved by my daughters
Moschatas - Carrizo (NS/S)
- Middle Rio Conchos (NS/S)
Maximas - Uncle David's Dakota Dessert buttercup
- Nutty Delica kabocha
- Amish Pie
- Banana (thanks Gray)
- Chioggia
- ChaCha X Katy Stokes Sugarmeat F1
- Crown Pumpkin X Sweetmeat Oregon Homestead F1
- Crown Pumpkin
- Oxbow Farm Landrace Maxima
Argyrosperma/Mixta Tennessee Sweet Potato Very heavy presence of striped cucumber beetles on all the seedlings as soon as they come up out of the ground. I plant heavy, usually 6-12 seeds per hill so I usually have a survivor, I have lost a few hills though.
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Post by YoungAllotmenteer on Jun 25, 2013 14:46:49 GMT -5
I am later in planting my squash this year than last, planted the first tray of 24 yesterday at 4-5 true leaves in Modules. I was actually beginning to get concerned that I would be too late but having seen the root systems of the plants last night I am very happy with them, nice solid root systems. Josephs squash are on the list for planting this weekend, coming along nicely. Our season is too short to direct seed anything, apart from maybe Courgettes under fleece. I am planting willy nilly and wont be able to tell whats what until they fruit Apart from Josephs which are obvious as they are the only Moshcata I am growing. Will be planting around 120 plants mainly maximas in total.
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Post by benboo on Jun 25, 2013 15:48:51 GMT -5
I planted many of my squash without any order this year as well. Time will tell what is what...
Oxbow, when is the latest you have planted winter squashes and still gotten fruit? When do you usually plant? I am not well learned in the art of the pumpkin, but I usually manage.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 15, 2013 15:58:34 GMT -5
Oxbutter!
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 15, 2013 16:14:33 GMT -5
Naked Ned Kelly
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 15, 2013 16:21:44 GMT -5
These would be Jade Numbat, Romanesco, and Bianco de Sicilia I really like this combo of zukes. I know, I know they are not winter squash...unless you let them go too long. Help with getting these just right: Jade Numbat needs to be picked the day after the flower wilts. Romanesco needs to be picked the day the flower blooms. Bianco de Sicilia is a nice leetle bush, holds well for up to 3 days past blooming.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 15, 2013 16:24:09 GMT -5
This is "Crooked Joe" Joseph's little crook neck squash. It's cute as a button. Dozens of wee crooks. My summer squash is beautiful this year. The squash bugs are wreaking havoc and they'll all soon be gone. Sigh.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 15, 2013 17:12:02 GMT -5
Look for that name on the seed packet next time I send you seed... I've already updated my seed list.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 15, 2013 23:27:47 GMT -5
Good to see Jade Numbat and Ned Kelly getting around.
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Post by steev on Jul 15, 2013 23:53:32 GMT -5
While I recognize the whole "pick 'em as puppies" concept, I only get to the farm on week-ends, so that isn't so practical for me. Nevertheless, I find that Jade Numbat and Jade Numbat X Bianca di Sicilia are both quite good up to at least 12" or 14". Some of them get kind of olive-shaped, but they are still very toothsome. Altogether excellent lines of Summer squashes.
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