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Post by desertwoman on Aug 18, 2019 11:09:40 GMT -5
After taking out small and shriveling babies, I now have 5 sugar pie pumpkins from one plant. They are currently 7-8 inches diameter. Great crop!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Aug 18, 2019 17:02:03 GMT -5
I should be more diligent about spraying. Me too. One day I will have to prepare a solution to use but til then then vines are withering. Have 2 pumpkins to pick...maybe later but it is getting late for today. |
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Post by binnylou on Aug 30, 2019 18:29:09 GMT -5
Late planted butternut squash have squash babies about two inches long. I’ve found three babies, but would like a few more. This squash was planted where the garlic grew this year. Obviously I’m counting on a late frost. There is a lot of foliage, and I’m wondering if the plant would benefit having some leaves removed. I realize that more foliage means more nutrients for the plant and the fruits. My thinking is that pollinators would find the blossoms more easily.
Opinions?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 30, 2019 21:04:30 GMT -5
I got two butternuts early in the season, which is unusual, but now it's behaving normally, with a bunch of squash, of various stages of development. I always get one or two small and green, at the end of the season,and a couple full sized, but not fully ripe, though they would turn ripe, as a rule.
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Post by desertwoman on Aug 30, 2019 21:43:13 GMT -5
Over the past week my pumpkin plant has wilted. Most of the leaves are yellow-green and some have dried to brown. a few are still green and vital looking. The 5 pumpkins on it have been steady ripening to orange while the leaves are dying. It sort of looks like what happened to my tomatoes. I have never had this wilting problem before. I am in new territory. Tomatoes and pumpkins are at opposite ends of the 10'x 19' garden. Do I need to treat the soil in some way? Do you think I need to let this garden bed lie fallow next year?   |
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Post by binnylou on Aug 30, 2019 21:52:22 GMT -5
desertwoman, my honeydew are starting to show stress and wilting. I’m blaming those spotted cucumber beetles...I think they spread disease.
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Post by desertwoman on Aug 30, 2019 22:04:31 GMT -5
When I first saw the pumpkin leaves drooping I thought that maybe its' emitters on the drip system were failing, so I gave the plant extra water. Then I got busy with my Big Weekend - last weekend. Tomorrow I will look closely at the plant and see if I find any insects, check the stems, etc and try to narrow down what is happening. I have attributed living in a dry climate to not having the diseases and insects many others have but this year is bringing me to my knees. I'm lucky to be getting enough tomatoes to have a few tomato salads and BLT's and TLT's- nothing to process and freeze, however. I don't know if the pumpkin plant can sustain the pumpkins getting fully ripened. I may be buying a pumpkin for Thanksgiving pie this year  My chiles, tomatillos and green beans are doing well. |
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Post by tom 🕊 on Sept 9, 2019 15:22:07 GMT -5
I have a problem with butternut squash. Flesh at the blossom end will be dark. I think it is an infection that occurs when the squash is flowering. Since most of the flesh is in the neck, I don't lose much when I cut off and discard the seed chamber. I'm wonder whether the disease is on the seed or in the environment. Does anyone recognize this problem?
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Post by binnylou on Sept 23, 2019 9:32:12 GMT -5
I planted Butterscotch F1 PMR mid July. It's a 100 day squash, so I'm hoping for a late, late frost. Blankets may be involved to get it to maturity.  DSCF0398 by BLou, on Flickr It's gonna take more than a blanket for this one. He's not gonna see the dinner table.  DSCF0400 by BLou, on Flickr |
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Post by gardendmpls on Sept 23, 2019 18:23:51 GMT -5
A lot of winter squash may be picked young and used like summer squash.
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Post by desertwoman on Sept 27, 2019 23:02:18 GMT -5
I have 5 sugar pie pumpkins getting close to being harvested. I think I will wait for first frost and then cut them from the vine.
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Post by Vokar on Oct 2, 2019 18:41:24 GMT -5
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Post by binnylou on Oct 9, 2019 11:21:51 GMT -5
These are volunteers from the compost pile. The largest one is 11 1/2 lbs.  DSCF0421 by BLou, on Flickr There's a couple more squash out there in the compost, but I'm not sure they will be harvested. |
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Post by binnylou on Oct 31, 2019 21:06:28 GMT -5
organicgroup.freeforums.net/post/104852We had one of these squash for supper tonight. One squash, split and oven roasted was plenty for us. It was delicious...flesh was sweet and dry, just right for butter. Or,if you like the brown sugar/honey treatment, that would be good also. I'll be growing these again. Next time, I'll probably put out starts instead of seed, since I wasn't sure if they would reach maturity before frost. The squash has a very small seed cavity.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 31, 2019 23:26:36 GMT -5
Thanksgiving pumpkin pies, waiting on the table.  |
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