Heirloom Yields?

[erinszoo]

For my bug Issue i use Praying Mantids .. Stink Bugs are a Great meal .
Winks Hi all i hope im not too late to join this group looks like i am too late for others .

I do Organic Heirlooms

The oldest tomatoes i have are Charley Chapman Great flavor they can be used for so many things also great in sauce or hand eating

The oldest Mellons i have are Tiger mellons , YUMMY

If i am not too late can someone PLease let me know i have way too many seeds or i can always store them for later down the road .
Tammy

There's a seed swap going on now. You can join in any time. I too have heirlooms and OP. If you're interested in doing some swaps PM me. I'd love a new source for heirlooms as my hubby says no more Baker Creek due to their poor germination and production rates. I'd love to try some of your Tiger melons ... those are the small orange striped ones right?

 

[Tammy N]

Yes Tiger Mellon's are small orange stripped and we have some Squash Crosses with Winter Squash and Acorn that is actually now my favorite

They Taste kinda like peanut butter with Mellon ,. Might even try and bake them as a pie soon . I like them better them pumpkin .

anyway when i found out my seeds crossed in that side of the yard i at first was ****** as they where Organic and then i tried one and was in heaven we accidentally planted 2 kinds i miss marked the envelope when saving the seed.

 

[Tammy N]

Can you send me the link ?
Im looking for a couple of things i lost my seeds too

 

[Philosofarmer]

Carbaryl ("Sevin") is the only pesticide I know of for squash bug, if you are ok with using pesticides. Problem is, it doesn't work very well on adults so it has to be applied several times or when the nymphs are present. I would suggest hand pulling them and looking for eggs, as somebody else said. I actually just wrote a whole on paper squash bugs and how to control them along with pictures of what to look for, etc. If there is any way to post a word document, I'd be happy to share it.

 

[Peaches Lee]

For my bug Issue i use Praying Mantids .. Stink Bugs are a Great meal .
Winks Hi all i hope im not too late to join this group looks like i am too late for others .

I do Organic Heirlooms

The oldest tomatoes i have are Charley Chapman Great flavor they can be used for so many things also great in sauce or hand eating

The oldest Mellons i have are Tiger mellons , YUMMY

If i am not too late can someone PLease let me know i have way too many seeds or i can always store them for later down the road .
Tammy

How do you acquire Praying Mantis?

 

[wildflowerrun]

There's a seed swap going on now. You can join in any time. I too have heirlooms and OP. If you're interested in doing some swaps PM me. I'd. love a new source for heirlooms as my hubby says no more Baker Creek due to their poor germination and production rates. I'd love to try some of your Tiger melons ... those are the small orange striped ones right?

Now I'm curious--what did you plant? I've so far had incredibly great germination rates with all of the tomatoes and peppers I planted. Only one or three didn't show up out of about 150 cells. The spinach I had less luck with (3 cells out of 12). Edited to add: I got ALL of my seeds from Baker Creek. Of course, they aren't in the ground yet.

How do you acquire Praying Mantis?

We were actually thinking of trying this, this year as well. We've been told you can just go to your local garden center and ask for a package of eggs to sit in your garden and let hatch out. But seeing as we're getting honeybees, we may do ladybugs instead in hopes that will help something.

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: Ebay you can Buy the egg sacks . sometimes for 99 cents but you get between 2 and 400 hundred of them they are awesome

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: All three are Awesome Mantids eat aphids when young but when older can eat 10 crickets at one sitting . Heck on Patato bugs and others

 

[wildflowerrun]

Peaches Lee, now I'm thinking of squashes...... I may have to buy and plant a few seeds before my boyfriend notices they're in the garden Do you have any recommendations for sweeter varieties? Some that are easier to make savory for soups and other similar dshes?

 

[Tammy N]

There is a squash i lobe called a peanut butter Squash its small and Yeilds great flavor Talk about Tasty i can eat them raw ,
Also they make a great soup or steamed My families favorite and they are hard to find now Yellow about 5 inches long but oh worth the wait ,

thats what part of the Cross i got was and one of the reasons i was upset but man now i have bigger squash with the same flavor

Tammy

Looking for different varieties of Tomatoes and have some seeds to trade ,