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Post by darwinslair on Feb 27, 2011 10:25:11 GMT -5
For maximas, growing Arikara, Knife River, Amish pie.
For Mochatas, growing a bushing smaller crookneck selected from butterbush a few years ago, Grannes Crookneck, and Selinske butternut.
For pepo, Thelma Sanders, Yellow Zucchini, conneticut field pumpkins, and mandan. Might fit godiva in there somewhere.
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Post by 1066 on Mar 7, 2011 6:33:25 GMT -5
thanks for the feedback Galina and Raymondo, Australian Butter seeds are now on the short list (have still yet to finalise my grow list for this year)
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Post by raymondo on Mar 7, 2011 21:27:57 GMT -5
Just harvested some Uncle David's Dakota Dessert. I loved the sweet subtle flavour and smooth dry texture. It wasn't very productive and the fruits were small but that may be because of complete neglect. I'll definitely be growing it again.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 7, 2011 22:43:57 GMT -5
Just harvested some Uncle David's Dakota Dessert. raymondo: Do you get frost where you are at? I only ask because in my garden if I am picking buttercups it means that frost is expected before morning.... |
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Post by raymondo on Mar 8, 2011 4:49:24 GMT -5
Yes, we get frost here, though the first one isn't due for another month or so yet. I harvested the squash because the bugs were demolishing them and besides, the vines had died, more or less, so they weren't going to get any riper.
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Post by sorellina on Mar 22, 2011 10:24:48 GMT -5
Ciao all-
I will also say that these are ones I'm considering. Much depends on if/when an additional raised bed is built before planting time. In any case, there will be cuts because even with the additional bed, we don't have room for all of these.
Pumpkins/Large Winter Squash
Musquee de Province
Tonda Padana
Marina di Chioggia
Rouge Vif d'Etampes
Smaller Winter Squash
Thelma Saunders
Carnival
Gourds
Dinosaur
Spinning
Chinese Fuzzy
Nest Egg
Summer Squash
Pattison Panache Vert et Blanche
Golden Scallop
Tondo di Piacenza
San Pasquale Zucchini
Cocozelle Bush
Zephyr
White Pear
Bitter Melon
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Post by steev on Mar 22, 2011 20:45:24 GMT -5
I'll be planting a lot of Guatemalan Blue (for seed and food), and plenty of Golden Hubbard and Lakota.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 28, 2011 16:31:25 GMT -5
I'm fooling around with a lot of naked seed pumpkins for the seeds.
I'm working on a delicata trial. I'm trying to find one to beat the squash bugs.
Edible ornamental pepos
Winter Luxury
Sweet Dumpling
Musque De Provence
Seminole
Sibley
My big question is: Has anyone grown the Dry Farm Acorn from Bishop's Homegrown? I have tried tomatoes without water, but never squash. Do I start them first and transplant? Do I water them at all? It doesn't rain here again until October. How does one dry farm squash?
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 14, 2011 12:35:08 GMT -5
From the back: 1. Musque de Provence (only one, picked too early) 2. Naples Long (bumper crop) 3. Marina Di Chioggia (only one) 4. Ornamental Edible (many and varied) 5. Sweet Dumpling (4 dozen) 6. Butternut (dozen) 7. Kakai Green Seed (bumper crop) 8. Little Green Seed (dozen and already gone) 9. Delicata (30-40) 10. Ornamental Edible 11. Winter Luxury (20) 12. Sibley (2) Heavy season of squash bugs, my own fault. Not to be repeated. All the vines are out of the field...way out. Chickens are currently tilling the squash areas. That's it for the squash harvest. Attachments:
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Post by raymondo on Sept 14, 2011 16:01:54 GMT -5
Nice haul. What are the Naples Long like? I have some seeds but haven't tried them yet.
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Post by Darth Slater on Sept 14, 2011 18:38:38 GMT -5
I think alot of us had to pick early this year, here is what I picked today to get them into the greenhouse bfore the hard freeze, I heard that if picked green and kept at a warm temp and exposed to sunlight, most will ripen just fine.  I really like moschata's and usually grow them together, you will see a cross of Long Island Cheese and Musquee Du Provence in these somewhere..I wish the LI seed project was going, I really wanted some of there Moschatas!! |
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 14, 2011 19:39:33 GMT -5
Ray,
Naples Long....I love this squash. Small seed cavity, good firm neck, lots of meat, not too stringy and huge. Over the years, my favorite 2 squashes are Marina di Chioggia and Naples Long. The Winter Luxury and the Early Butternut are extremely reliable. Sometimes I get Triamble, but the Jharandale does much better for me. Seminole dies every year. I have to fight for the delicatas, so I try to grow the one from Long Island Seed or Wild Garden Seed...not the one from the University which gathers squash bugs with abandon.
Darth, good haul! You've been working.
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Post by littleminnie on Sept 16, 2011 20:49:14 GMT -5
 today's pickings save for a few.  Market table yesterday. I had 2 crazy squash from someone that were supposed to be carnival. I think this person didn't know how to save squash seeds. They were awesomely cool and different but afterward I wished I had taken photos! I gave the two to a CSA member. They were orange kind of pear shaped but with a longer, pointier neck and had some green stripy splashes. So nifty looking. I ended up growing: butternut x2 acorn gill's golden pippin thelma sanders spaghetti sweet meat dumpling thing mentioned above buttercupx2 long island cheese musque de provence marina di chioggia cinderella winter luxury pie some big pumpkin maybe Big max white pumpkin may have a seminole that isn't close to ready Thelma Sanders was by far the winner! I have never grown anything so prolific. Musque de Provence was second. They are big and plentiful but not tan. |
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Post by steev on Sept 17, 2011 0:29:29 GMT -5
The Musque should go tan in storage, unless really underripe.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 20, 2011 0:26:18 GMT -5
Steev, I wandered around the Heirloom seed show, tapping strange men wearing anything Guatemalan on the shoulder, I ended up bringing the squash and maters back home. Sorry I missed you. Who knew it would be so big? Holly
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