Those look good. We think 5.5 are ripe and 2 need some counter time. Is that correct?
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Those were mine I think they were referencing just liking delicata. I pulled Tha vine because it died. Have eaten half of them and they’re decent. it was an accidental due to mislabels seeds. I won’t be planting them again bc of SVB.
I see that now. We planted some squash this year really as a lark and we are definitely doing so again in 2027. My spouse is a big fan of delicata squash and the only problem we had was powdery mildew which I can prevent next year. Well, that and we grossly underestimated how much space to allow.
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Does anyone grow a great carving pumpkin that has some powdery mildew disease resistance? Need recommendations of what works and will grow hopefully more than 2 on the vine for back ups. Edit- I’m going to order from Holmes for a bunch of F1 seeds that are supposed to have good PM resistance: summit, Gemini, dynasty, prudence, Edison, superior and capital. Please let me know if you have grown any and have an opinion on productivity and PM.
I have done Jack-o-lantern last year and this. both times the vines takes forever to start fruiting and I get 2 pumpkins. Kids were thrilled with the beautiful 2 growing, but inspecting this morning I realized one is half rotten. Going to be tears after school. I need to try something different next year. Obviously this is C. pepo which I have sworn off but I have to grow some carvers for the kids…
The one still ripening that fingers crossed is fine on its fancy table
Adding- I have been impressed with this little honeynut plant. I hesitated to plant honeynut because the ones I’ve had from the store were so small it just wasn’t worth the work to cook. But, these are a really nice size! 10 pretty squash on the one plant that has only grown a bit on the ground and then up and over 2 of these cement ladders. Tidy little thing I never had to prune. Will definitely plant again in little stolen spots like this.
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Shishigatani update! Went out this morning and picked as many flowers as I could, all the growing tips I could find, and any small fruits. From what I can see I have one fruit that is almost fully developed (and was almost stuck in between the fence and cattle panel!) and three more that should make something before frost. I am happy if this works out since not much has grown well for me this year. I also sprayed a concoction for powdery mildew.
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Good luck! It’s hard to pull fruit, but seems like a decent plan. Do you plant on cooking up the little things + flowers?
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I’ve found that Honeynut reaches bigger sizes when it has access to rich soil at every rooting node and isn’t under heavy competition. The ones farmers grow for stores are in farm fields that are far less rich than my garden.
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I want to try something with them! I’m always seeing vine tips at the market. Maybe soup or curry? Stir-fry even, with garlic!
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Doran Round has been perhaps the most prolific squash this year. Hopefully I like them. They take longer to mature than Honeynut but are supposed to be very good keepers.
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Zeppelin delicata. Hard squash is very hit and miss for me. Every third year or so I will get a crop. Got lucky this year.
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Well done 
Do you have squash vine borer pressure there?
Yes that’s why it’s so hit and miss for me- it seems if they can make it far enough along they end up being fine but the majority of the time they go about a month and are done for. Planted 3 summer squash varieties and they all wilted over and died this year. No hard squash but 2 summer squash made it last year. It’s random every year. I usually plant both and see what happens.
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I continue to be amazed at how crazy late productive Thai kang kob is. If you have a long season and you want to extend it, it’s absolutely the winter squash to plant. I’ve harvested 4 very beautiful ones from it that formed early. But, then there was a slew that pollinated in august and early to mid September that I let grow (10?). Then, I found and cut a whole bunch of surprise ones last week that were young (5?) and now I went through and was in the area where some of the vine escaped to and found 4 more maybe a month old and maybe 10 just pollinated or flowering. This is insane. I’m cutting most off… everything still growing will be picked the week before Halloween as decorations. Long Island cheese made what I considered a lot of late pumpkins and is still trying, but nowhere near to the extent that TKK is successfully doing so.
Adding this picture of the 5 types of gourds that grew themselves this year. These came from volunteers from the 2 volunteers last year. It’s been a good lesson for everyone on genetics! (The green stripes turn to orange and the white warty had green warts that fade to yellow/white) these volunteers showed me that the best way to deal with my rental neighbors sht hedge is to let gourds use it as a trellis!
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I believe this squash I had a couple days ago is a Sonca Orange Butternut. Somehow it broke off the vine prematurely when it was still partly green. I let it ripen in the house over a couple weeks, until it was mostly beige. Probably the sweetest squash I have ever had. Has a slightly fruity/cantaloupe flavor. None of my other squashes have this flavor.
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Some of my biggest honeynuts this year. These came from what ended up being one really large honeynut plant that I had put with cantaloupes (20’ total length). Do not do that interplanting unless you will cut back the squash. It took over the melons.
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Last post for today. Here are some new squashes for me.
I’m not sure what these big guys are. They are dark green up until they start changing color. I harvest once the tendril is dry and the stem is hard.
I believe these are either 1): more Sonca Orange butternuts, or 2): a Tetsukabuto x Honeynut or Honeypatch hybrid. I’ll have to see!
This is a cross between Tetsukabuto and seeds from a store bought kabocha. The store bought kabocha I probably won’t plant the seeds from anymore since all the fruit I got from my surviving plant were colonized by woodchip fungus.
There are several of these Blue Kuri squashes on a couple plants. Most are small. They seem to have survived vine borers better than most maxima varieties. I did have one earlier in the year (salvaged, had to cut off rodent damage). It was very sweet for a kabocha-type squash while retaining the nutty/savory flavors I like.
Since I removed the tags I don’t know which blue Kuri these are. I bought the Adaptive Seeds strain and the Turtle Moon strain from Fedco.
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That looks really delicious!
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