I’m in Ohio zone 6A. We have clay soil.
To grow sweet potatoes I recommend using black plastic to pre warm the soil. Then, just cut a slit in the plastic when planting the slips. We also add a pvc ring to mark the spot and keep the plastic off the flip. They love heat.
Use only short...
Most pumpkins are C. pepo, but the Seminole is C. maxima (a group that includes butternut). The different groups of squash wont cross pollinate, and have different susceptibilities -for example, C. Maxima is resistant (not immune) to SVB attack, so if a preferred squash is around (like in the...