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Post by desertwoman on Sept 10, 2020 15:17:17 GMT -5
Why didn't any of us think of it along with you?! tbird ,
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Post by Wheelgarden on Sept 10, 2020 17:05:22 GMT -5
My late straightnecks are healthy but languishing a bit, as we're still in the dog days here. There are the first few male blooms appearing, so maybe it wont be long.
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Post by tbird on Sept 13, 2020 9:32:53 GMT -5
www.gardenzeus.com/plants/squash-summer/#:~:text=It%20does%20well%20in%20raised,%C2%B0%20to%2075%C2%B0F. According to this - ideal temps for growth and fruiting is 65-75, so - temps look to be very close to that over the next few weeks. Well - at least the highs. Up to 80's on wednesday. looks like lows will be consistently in the 50's, which the link says under 60 they don't grow much. But unclear how maybe 8 hours below 60 and then a day up to 70's will work? They are still very small, and I wonder if they will ever feel like putting on fruit once they advance a bit? Will be popping the cloche on nightly while the size allows it, but it won't be possible for long. Will they get "desperate" to put on fruit as they feel summer slipping away? The great experiment continues!
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Post by James on Oct 1, 2020 10:30:46 GMT -5
How did it turn out? Report!
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Post by Wheelgarden on Oct 1, 2020 12:36:55 GMT -5
Mine are full of blooms and squash, and although they're a bit smaller than spring-planted, they're just as good. Nice to have yellow squash in October for the first time.
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Post by gardendmpls on Oct 1, 2020 13:55:06 GMT -5
The fence guys thought the squash patch would make a good walking path and trampled most of the late planted ones, but they were blooming. A few of them had squash that was, for lack of a better word, squashed.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Oct 18, 2020 17:06:48 GMT -5
My first try at summer-planted yellow straightneck came out okay, but not as robust as spring-planted. Fewer pests, but less production. What we did get was good, though. I'll try planting again next summer, maybe a bit earlier. I have a personal tradition of eating the first and last of my garden crops, so tonight this last yellow squash will be sliced thin and added to me salad. UPDATE: Just as I finished posting, DW saw that squash and snatched it, all away from me. I protested, "That was mine!" She quoted Peter Sellers, in her best Clouseau voice, saying, "Not anymore." Gotta pay your dues.
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Post by James on Nov 24, 2020 13:54:42 GMT -5
"Not anymore."
Gotta love it!
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