MICHEL...

[canadamike]

Since Jewel Green is on the topic, there is a HUGE crisis of powdery mildew here, we have had by far the very hotest summer in decades, and very humid too, as usual. But 114 DEGREES FARENHEIGHT are not the norm....the darn summer squash, said to be able to whithstand colder temps is doing wonders, being by far the most productive and least touched by powdery mildiew.

I kind of disagree with the name, since it is obviously a summer squash looking EXACTLY like the lebanese ones, happily called ''whites'' both in english or french.

JEWELL GREEN is a super bad name for it. I will name it differently in french, since we have this linguistic luxury....I do not like lies, and I am not sure the korean guy who named it knew much about english.....or squash history...


But it is the darn best summer squash I have seen in 25 years.

[grunt]

Michel: Can't remember where I came across it, ARS I think, says that it's usually not just tolerance to cold or heat, but tolerance to extremes in both directions.

[canadamike]

Yep, I have observed that a lot in 25 years. Funnily, Kokopelli send lots of seeds of winter lettuce to Africa. Winter lettuces can grow in the mild european winters and are extremely cold tolerant. It turns out that they are the best producers in the heat of Africa too. But they have to change the names so the africans do not know it is a ''winter'' one or else they will not sow them

[ottawagardener]

I've noticed that some plants that are particularly cold hardy are also heat hardy.