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Post by castanea on Sept 13, 2015 13:08:57 GMT -5
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 13, 2015 13:41:04 GMT -5
Wow. Those squash look like they could withstand anything. How thick is the skin? I'm trying to breed something the field mice won't chew through, so the bitterness might be good.
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Post by castanea on Sept 13, 2015 13:44:04 GMT -5
Only a little thicker than the average summer squash skin. I think the taste is the only thing that would save it.
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Post by castanea on Sept 27, 2015 19:59:23 GMT -5
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Post by philagardener on Sept 27, 2015 20:44:10 GMT -5
Looks like you had help, too  |
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Post by castanea on Oct 1, 2015 21:02:10 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Oct 1, 2015 21:36:43 GMT -5
That's big; flavor?
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Post by castanea on Oct 1, 2015 22:54:41 GMT -5
I cut off a piece to eat raw. It was OK, better than most. Another piece is baking in the oven right now.
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Post by philagardener on Oct 2, 2015 5:44:03 GMT -5
Nice job halving that huge squash! Was the rind hard? I sometimes have a difficult time getting into some long keepers.
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Post by castanea on Oct 2, 2015 9:08:23 GMT -5
It was not very hard. I used a fairly small knife.
This is a wet spaghetti squash kind of flesh. The flavor is OK, better than spaghetti squash, but not very sweet and not really special. But it may not be completely ripe. I actually like it better as a summer squash. I will cook it in different ways to see how it does but I prefer dry, sweet, kabocha types of squash.
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Post by castanea on Nov 1, 2015 19:42:38 GMT -5
Three more macres. There are about another 7 or 8 left out among the vines. Hard to believe they all came from two plants. If you look at the squash in the middle you may be able to see the roots hanging down. These vines rooted vigorously every 5-6 feet. A few weeks ago I started cutting vines to kill them off. Mostly it did not kill them off because they had already rooted elsewhere. I will have to actually pull them all up to kill them. scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11224790_10206562356509881_5303776847667342050_o.jpg |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Dec 3, 2017 1:13:13 GMT -5
Bump! How are these doing now?! castanea |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jul 26, 2018 7:47:44 GMT -5
Bump
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Post by dcnyc on Jan 1, 2020 23:38:12 GMT -5
castanea how did your Macre squash turn out? I am interested in getting seeds and was hoping you might know where I can get some.
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