I trialed different zucchini plants last year, grew all in cages to go up instead of sprawling.
I don’t feel I had them in big enough pots so this year I will increase pot size.
For zucchini, I will try Zucchini Lunga Fiorentino and Zucchini Striato d’Italia. I am trying to find the “best” one for us, so I can then just focus on it every year.
I am also going to try Fairytale Pumpkins; heard they are a delicious pumpkin.
I just got to try my supposed to be naked seed pumpkins recently. These were the most developed and actually all the way ripe when picked.
Kinda yuck. Very blah in flavor.
At least the seeds are easy to separate from the flesh!
Not a many pictures as I thought. I roasted this one, a different one with orange skin (and the seeds had hulls!) I tried in soup. It was only better in that I could eat it.
I found this.
Squash - Moschata – Going to Seed
I am going to mix them in with what I was already planning to grow. It’s not a particular squash but an adventure.
I may have also got other seeds too. If you like adventure plants and have low will power in regards to plant seeds, don’t click on the link. I am sorry.
Cool site!
Has anyone grown mini paulista offered by common wealth seed growers? They are working on breeding better Moschata summer squash, which is super cool…I don’t know how I became someone who reads seed catalogues for fun…
Honeynut growers- how robust were your vines? I’m finding no clear answer with some descriptions as bushy and other as vining 6+ feet (though that’s technically small). I’m conceding to grow this annoyingly small butternut for the fam. Trying to figure out where to put it.
I’ll be growing luffa, Nanticoke, Desert Spirit, and Maxidiwiac landraces. Going to grow them out front on the south side of the house where they will get good sun and can have all the room they want. They won’t fit in my backyard garden space the way it is with the other crops I’m doing this year.
well here we go. long season varieties need started early here for me, or they won’t ripen in time
trombos, “big guys”, pink banana, candy roaster, triamble and a few other new pumpkin varieties starting. I’ll start a few early crooks and pattypan next week.
they will all go out as soon as the ground is warm and frost is over- first week of May is my usual. i got a bit of a microclimate from being in town.
Johnnys seeds has a variety of butternut squash of various sizes and forms. Last time I ordered from them they had a bush type. I put it in Mom’s yard and it sprawled 4-6 feet and made 3 useable squash on each of the two.
Oh wow, that’s not much squash. Thanks
i’m growing honey nut this year so i will let you know.
also trying out some koginut seeds i saved for fun
Pink Banana…love em. They are a unique squash. Cooks up great with garlic and olive oil.
Lower Salmon River squash is a big favorite of mine for flavor and reliability, developed here in Idaho!
You might get more than that on the east coast. Where I live it’s still foggy in the morning in June.
Georgia Candy Rooster and Warsaw Pasta Squash went into the raised bed yesterday. They were getting a little leggy in the greenhouse since they sprouted early before I moved them into the opening. We are gonna have a couple nights in the 40s this coming week (starting tomorrow), but they should be fine. Got about 10 more melons and squash to go out after those nights. Probably gonna a start a backup batch of all of them after they go out. I usually have something kill my squash almost immediately and then it goes away.
The koginut i got from the store all 3 germinated withing 4 days which is fast for a squash. Still waiitng on the others…
Did spekcled snake gourd, saved koginut seeds (for fun, theyre a hybrid), honeynut, partial eclipse summer squash, and some sugar baby watermelons
I have to be fairly particular for my short growing season, but I’ll be planting Sweet Mama Kabocha, Blue Hubbard, and Waltham Butternut this year.
Summer squash: I’ve got a few Costata Romanesco seedlings coming up and will plant a grow bag or nursery pot with them and will grab either a Mexicana or Zephyr from my county master gardener plant sale. Thinking Mexicana but open to be dissuaded. Honestly don’t recall why we decided on Mexicana but bush habit is nice since it’s all container growing here this season
Blue Hubbard and Candystick Dessert Delicata have been planted out. Both are in grow bags, I planted out my Fig-leaf gourd in ground first and it instantly got attacked by aphids. The growbag plants have been spared.
Had to get new seeds of fig leaf, but they are started now. Also started some Round Zucchini, which will be my only summer squash. African Drum Gourds will be planted this weekend. Probably gonna do another set of Warsaw Pasta Squash and statt my Seminole Punpkins as well.
Are people growing blue Hubbard to eat or as a trap crop? I’ve actually never had it, but chats with farmers at farmers markets over the years it sounded like it wasn’t good and was primarily for pest control.
My grandpa has been looking for Blue Hubbard to eat for years. Its never in stores or farmer’s market. So I am growing them for him.
