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Post by flowerpower on Oct 14, 2010 6:45:45 GMT -5
Is this a Marina di Chioggia? It's supposed to be "flatter". Look at the one in the second pic.   Top- Rouge vif D'Etampes, Superfreak (saved seed), Marina di Chioggia Bottom- Acorn (Hip-Gnosis Mass Cross), Delicata X (Hip Gnosis Delicata/Acorn Mass Cross), Pattypan X, New England Pie x luxury Pie, Baby Boo, Hooligan, Pomme D'or (?) |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 14, 2010 7:00:56 GMT -5
FP, I just googled Marina di Chioggia and I've seen pics of squash that have a stepped shape like a Queensland Blue, some that are flat like a cheese pumpkin and some that are plain old round. Also with warts, without warts.... You got me? Your little Rouge vif d'etampes is getting good colour. I can see that red on the shoulders...  |
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Post by bobinthebul on Oct 14, 2010 17:18:34 GMT -5
Great looking squash! The single Marina di Chioggia is really breathtaking. Now, just wait till you go to peel it.  |
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Post by flowerpower on Oct 15, 2010 5:27:19 GMT -5
I suppose I'll have to use the axe to cut it open. lol When that big one was very green, my friend Justin said "It looks like the Incredible Hulk's nut sack". |
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Post by flowerpower on Oct 15, 2010 6:40:37 GMT -5
Here's a pic of the Long Pie. It's supposed to be about 8lbs. I think that big one is closer to 20.  Here's my sad little harvest. Not one Butternut.   |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 15, 2010 8:53:37 GMT -5
Lots of Beautiful Blues in that selection though. In a year when many of us didn't get any squash at all to grow, I think you've done exceptionally well for someone living in Zone 4 atop a mountain.  Oooooooo, I can't wait to grow (she says Positively) the Long Pie!!! |
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Post by remy on Oct 15, 2010 20:57:43 GMT -5
You grew a nice assortment of squash!
Remy
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 16, 2010 14:34:42 GMT -5
Hey Lady FP, What's that little butternutesque on the chair in front of the Long Pie's?? Or did you just squeeze a Winter Luxury Pie a little too tight?
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Post by flowerpower on Oct 17, 2010 6:21:43 GMT -5
I got that from the owner of the 2nd hand store. He was gonna till them under last month. I guess it's some type of Jack O Lantern. All his plants he bought in 6 packs. He did have Butternuts growing. I wonder if one of them was laying on top of the pumpkin? I had to toss it anyway, it wasn't fully mature & got a soft spot.
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Post by cortona on Oct 17, 2010 7:16:35 GMT -5
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 17, 2010 8:47:02 GMT -5
FP, it kinda reminds me of those Bule gourds in shape.... Apparently they are a "bright" green when first harvested? Grown any of those lately??
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Post by flowerpower on Oct 18, 2010 4:22:37 GMT -5
Cortona, you can see in the last pic how green the flat ones are. They do look like the pic in your link. I doubt it's a Bule Gourd. I don't have seeds for that. I thought it was a Queensland Blue at first. But Baker Creek has a pic on it's FB page that shows the same squash. They call it a Marina. They did not mention 2 shapes in the catalog. I would have bought the warty one anyway. The weirder it looks, the more I like it. lol Blue, if you want to post the pic on IDig and ask GZ, it's cool. |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 18, 2010 8:44:44 GMT -5
I think I'll just sending him a message. He's a member here is he not? He can come over and see for himself |
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Post by cortona on Oct 18, 2010 12:52:19 GMT -5
mmm have your pumpkins some sort of turbant shape? my fruit have this but.... you know in italy we have a realy large bodiversity so probably exist more tan a single one blod line of marina di chioggia
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Post by flowerpower on Oct 19, 2010 6:24:42 GMT -5
The flat ones do have the turban shape on the bottom. The warty one doesn't. And they did not look similar at all when the fruit was forming. I'll grab a pic of the immature warty ones, very weird shape.
I know a farmer here who grew seeds from Johhny's. His fruit were all to type. Maybe the BC strain got crossed or has some type of mutation.
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