What did you do in the garden today?

[PopoMyers]

Are they? Hmmm
This is very informative:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/squash/storing-winter-squash.htm

But, who has a special 50-55° storage room for these? Scientists and warehouses. Garages here get too cold. How about you?

 

[Jenbirdee]

Like I had to when I gardened in Hawaii. I understand your bug problems. Where in the tropics do you reside? You must have yummy tree fruit to eat. At least there are no real wild chicken predators to contend with, unless you're not in Hawaii.

lol i’m in maryland. the soil is clay however, I have raised beds that are entirely filled with good soil and compost that I have made myself for many years. But the squash bugs are multitudious

 

[jerryse]

Do you add water? I notice that 4-part powder sugar to 1 part Borax and water turn hard after the water evaporates.

No water.

 

[cj2024]

Like I had to when I gardened in Hawaii. I understand your bug problems. Where in the tropics do you reside? You must have yummy tree fruit to eat. At least there are no real wild chicken predators to contend with, unless you're not in Hawaii.

Oahu, I live walking distance from a river that we played in as kids. It's not safe for children to play there anymore, too much homeless.

I have a very sweet Carrie mango tree that is at least 12ft by 12ft and some smaller neglected trees like Golden Glow, Nam Dok Mai and a newly developed fibreless Hayden tree. I dug a small trench around the neglected trees, mulched, pruned, and started fertilizing, and watering them more often this year. Hopefully, I get some decent looking mangoes from them next year.

I am also working on air layering some imported mango trees from Florida like Fruit Punch and Pickering. I had them in a pot near my fence and they rooted through the bottom holes. My original Pickering tree died, but before it died it produced some sweet fruit and I managed to grow a seedling that survived. It's on its 4th year and should fruit next year.

 

[cj2024]

No water.

I keep a dry mix next to the liquid mix and don't really see any ants going into the powdered mix. Maybe they die after they walk on it and can't tell other ants about it.

 

[ilovemybabychickies]

Hey!!! I just got back from my gardens... picked a zucchini, a pear, and some grapes and snap peas. SO GOOD!!! Have any of you heard of huglekulture? that is what we have! It works very well for plants. Bye!
https://www.growveg.com/guides/how-to-make-hugelkultur-beds-for-growing-vegetables/
https://www.almanac.com/what-hugelkultur-ultimate-raised-bed

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey!!! I just got back from my gardens... picked a zucchini, a pear, and some grapes and snap peas. SO GOOD!!! Have any of you heard of huglekulture? that is what we have! It works very well for plants. Bye!
https://www.growveg.com/guides/how-to-make-hugelkultur-beds-for-growing-vegetables/
https://www.almanac.com/what-hugelkultur-ultimate-raised-bed

Helps to add your location general one like what state your in ?

 

[ilovemybabychickies]

Helps to add your location general one like what state your in ?

Michigan!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Michigan!

You can add that on your profile under the account details

 

[DemeterAD9]

My mouth is watering at your snow peas. Too late for us to plant for fall. We have issues with powdery mildew on the fall crop. Your squash looks like the child of an acorn crossed with a zucchini or other cucurbit. Crazy produce coming out of seed packets lately, according to many others.

If you intend on saving seed, you can plant three singular different species of squash, and they won't cross pollinate. I.e. Curcubit Pepo, includes most summer squash, Delicata, acorn, spaghetti, Sweet Mama, dumpling.

C. Moschata - butternut
and C. Maxima - the larger squashes like hubbard, pink banana, turks turban.

Pumpkins can be one of all three species. Google to find out which.

One year I planted butternut, and Kakai pumpkin and zucchini. One of each species. No problems with alien offspring the following season.

Of course, if a neighbor has a patch of squash that you don't, and the bees come over to your blossoms....that's another story.

I know a bit about cross pollination, which is why I tied blossoms closed and pollinated them the next day to save good seeds for next year. Also purposely cross pollinated a couple just to see what happens. Just need to make sure I keep the strings on the handful of hand pollinated squash so o remember to save their seeds when I eat them.