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Post by kasey on Jun 30, 2019 8:15:24 GMT -5
Farm supply stores are loaded with syringes and needles of all sizes.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jun 30, 2019 16:50:34 GMT -5
I was able to go to my pharmacy and told them what I needed and why and they did not hesitate to give them to me...gave me needles and syringes...5 of each. I have been a customer for many years
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 1, 2019 12:40:02 GMT -5
I wondered whether green butternut could be grown as an alternative to summer squashes that are more susceptible to the squash vine borer. www.freshbitesdaily.com/green-butternut-squash/And pepperhead212 made a Keralan curry using green butternuts. If one has a surplus of butternuts and is short on vegetables, cooking green butternut squash might be a good way to go. |
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 1, 2019 14:32:01 GMT -5
Many years ago, I tried injecting Bt, as well as just about every other method that was supposed to stop SVB. Unfortunately, nothing worked for me. Maybe some, like Bt, would help a little, but eventually, they would succumb. I even waited 10 years, before growing any more, and they appeared before the flowers, on some plants (so much for rotating crops, which this would be like). So I have been only growing moschata squash for at least 15 years. So I started trying some of the Asian squash, starting with hairy gourds, which died quickly from some fungal disease. Then some wax melons, which were much larger than I wanted for replacing summer squash, but were good as a winter type squash. And they store over a year. I have two varieties growing this year. As I noted on another thread, last season I tried bottle gourds, and had great success, except that I got so many at once, and both ants sort of petered out. So I tried succession planting this year - I'll see how it works. They are pretty much pest free, and I haven't noticed any disease, though the early leaves slowly die off. Here's the first of the season:  First bottle gourd, 6-29, just under 12 inches, 28.7 oz. by pepperhead212, on Flickr |
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 2, 2019 4:56:52 GMT -5
I'll be planting yellow crookneck when the garlic harvest gets closer. I will dig a couple garlic out of the center of the bed, then plant squash seed. By the time it's growing, I'll be digging the rest of the garlic.
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 2, 2019 9:16:51 GMT -5
I plant my sugar pie pumpkin seed at the end of my garlic bed, in early June. And like your crookneck, Mumsey , it takes over the garlic patch after garlic is harvested. Squash/pumpkin is a great pairing with garlic. |
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 3, 2019 9:15:40 GMT -5
I wonder if summer squash can be put in the garlic bed after the garlic has been pulled. Maybe the garlicy soil would keep the squash vine borer away.
This sounds like an experiment!
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 3, 2019 9:44:01 GMT -5
I wonder if summer squash can be put in the garlic bed after the garlic has been pulled. Maybe the garlicy soil would keep the squash vine borer away. I hope you try this but think it's a matter of timing. If you plant squash late, it may be beyond the squash vine borer's egg-laying stage. |
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 3, 2019 12:43:26 GMT -5
I did plant late this year by about 3 weeks but this will be later. If either works I will be a happy gardner. :-[
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Post by binnylou on Jul 11, 2019 12:15:58 GMT -5
lilolpeapicker, I harvested garlic several days ago. I pulled back the straw mulch to prep a planting hole for squash, and even though the harvested garlic was out of the area, the aroma of garlic coming from the soil was quite strong.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 16, 2019 10:33:11 GMT -5
I planted winter squash where the garlic grew. The squash babies are about two inches tall and protected by a piece of drainage tile which should be removed very soon. We have major heat coming this week. Since the squash babies probably don’t have much of a root system yet, should I protect them with a bit of sun screen? I don’t want them to cook out there in full sun.
I’ve never started squash so late in the growing season, so this is a learning experience. I have a wire “structure” that I could place over it and maybe sprinkle some straw on top to provide shade. Would you give them shelter?
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 16, 2019 10:43:23 GMT -5
I’ve never started squash so late in the growing season, Here, disease and pests build up as the season advances. I wouldn't want to cover the late squash with anything that would hold water on the leaves and encourage powdery mildew. |
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Post by binnylou on Jul 16, 2019 10:46:57 GMT -5
tom 🕊, the straw would be on an elevated wire surface about six inches above the squash plant, with air movement through the sidewalls and still some through the top. I wouldn’t totally cover the top with straw, just enough to filter the harsh sunshine that’s headed our way.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 16, 2019 10:54:37 GMT -5
binnylou, I planted yellow crookneck in the garlic space about a week ago. It's 2-3 " high. I'm just making sure it has enough water every day, watering morning and night. No special protection. Worked last year.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 16, 2019 10:55:42 GMT -5
I wouldn’t totally cover the top with straw, just enough to filter the harsh sunshine that’s headed our way. Please let us know how this turns out. Some of my butternut squash will be harvestable in a week or two, but these will not keep till winter. I need to learn how to have squash during the winter. |
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