I think I order my tromboncino from franchi. big bag. lots of seed.
my cukes, crookneck and melons that were direct sown are peeking out. the ones I put in from starts are stunted, I think it’ll be a week of this warm nights before they start vining
once they get big enough I’ll spread them out. when I thin stuff I try to transplant and sometimes I get bonus plants that way, instead of just cutting or pulling the extras.
I’ve got my winter squash all going well from the starts. looks like triamble is gangbusters already. tromboncino is lagging from the cold nights.
got some pocket melon and collective farm woman doing ok. the Minnesota midgets are stunted the worst, which is ironic as they’re meant to be short season, early germination.
@resonanteye I might have missed the comment, are they stunted from weather or the transplant process?
My direct sown cukes are at about the same place as yours. We’re due for a couple lower temps (~50°F low) and then summer hot weather a little less than a week from now, so I’m guessing that’s when things will take off hard.
weather. we had some 40-45F nights after I put them out. our hot weather started yesterday, 85F in the day 50 at night, and no lower temps on the way (70-85 days, 50-55 nights)
Also, I grow snake gourd. I started it indoor, now is about 3’ long and bloomed. The vine is on the weak side, I have it under a tall tree, hoping it might climb up to the tree sometime in the summer. Can’t wait to taste it.
Is anyone growing Seminole? This is from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. My impression is that there are a bunch of different strains and cultivars with multiple names floating around. One site stated that the “real” Seminole is bell-shaped and that the pumpkins that look like the picture are Cherokee Tan, but others indicate there are multiple “Seminole” varieties.
Based on what I’ve read, it can really go far, so I put it in the corner of an end row bed…it will be welcome to ramble off into the aisle, through the fence, and around our solar panels if it wants. I will just keep it cut back from going the opposite direction. I’ve read a lot about how great it is for Florida… in Ohio we can have some scorching, muggy summers, so I’m curious to see how it does.
I grew them last year. they had a teardrop kind of shape, and were orange/grey. I’ll look for a photo, if I can find one. I think mine came from the same source
I have to say Red Kuri squash is an overachiever. Weather here in Portland,OR has been ho-hum but Red Kuri has already matured two fruits and setting more. Pretty impressive! The one in the foreground is Bush Delicata.
delicious! they’re very good and yes reliable. blue or red.
my tromboncino and triamble are climbing the cattle pen, but my candy roasters look stunted. we had a strange weather this year and it’s only now getting warm at night.
I’m a beginner. Last year I grew butternut (Metro PMR) and kabocha (Sunshine). I got roughly 40 of each. The butternut were very good; the kabocha were awesome. I’m doing it again.
Any guesses on this damage to Black Futsu? I was thinking maybe bird pecks. Our insect pressure this year has been pretty minimal, but I’m sure it’s possible. There’s a punch in the blossom above it as well. Pretty irritating to have to cut this off.
Definitely bird peck damage. Every year a good percentage of my squash get pecked much to my annoyance. Good news is that most of the time the squash itself isn’t affected, it will look a bit unsightly but should grow normally.
Good to know, I won’t prune it off in that case. Thank you. I was a little neglectful this past week in refilling their birdbaths so I guess they’re letting me know about it. The birds might be more high maintenance than the garden itself.
I get birds after a few every year, I just ignore the bruise. as the squashes get bigger it turns into just a lil brown spot. not a big deal
I’ve got a lot of crookneck this year and I’m very glad. they barely did anything last year, standard yellow crook, this year I got early prolific yellow from sandhill and they’ve gone wild happy.
they’re at the back - far right in this photo. waist tall to me and covered in baby squash. I already made them for dinner twice!
my tromboncino and triamble are flowering now. one tromboncino has a single ripening squash on.
patty pans aren’t making many but what I am getting is delicious. I pick those pretty small.
my futsu is getting too much shade this year and isn’t as far along as last year. hoping I get some from it. candy roasters are in big leaf, male flowers only.
I have winter melon and bitter melon in as well, winter melon has its first flower, bitter melon are still vining stage.
all is late this year, from the cold nights into late May.
as ive posted in other threads, i planted georgia candy roaster squash. planted 3 and thinned to the strongest 1. thank God! is 20’ x 40’ and still going. its been hacked back at least 6 times. i counted 20 squash on it 3 days ago and thats what i could see. leaves 16in. across. the biggest one was around 14in. today i checked its 24in. never had anything grow as vigorous as this thing . so healthy and dark green. besides amending the raised bed its in last spring, ive been feeding it every 2-3 weeks with jacks 20-20-20. the 3 watermelon plants it shares its 4’ x12’ bed with have set 3 fruit as well but the squash is threatening to engulf them. i cut a leader it sends out 4 more. but its also super productive so its worth dedicating the space for it. going to sell the excess . im going to keep a count plus pics of what i get from this vine. stay tuned on here in the near future.
