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Post by bluelacedredhead on Aug 23, 2012 14:47:39 GMT -5
Charles, Congrats on your first attempt and don't feel bad. At least you might be able to salvage some seeds out of your first attempt at Amish Pie. My first (and only so far) Amish Pie was no larger than a walnut. It looked exactly like it was supposed to, and it ripened and cured to keep for over a year. But when I cut it open it only had one little seed and that was not viable. Always another year  |
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Post by garrett on Aug 24, 2012 20:48:47 GMT -5
always next year.smiles
thaz my mantra.lol
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Post by directsunlight on Aug 25, 2012 1:06:41 GMT -5
Zucchini rampicante are growing fast. Vines are growing about 6 inches a day. I want to let at least one go this year & see how good a winter squash it can make. I've heard the mature ones lack flavor but picking them early means you have to use them in a hurry. They're great fresh, poor frozen.
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Post by coffeebreak on Aug 25, 2012 23:16:48 GMT -5
The seeds in this Pumpkin will be my Frankenstein monster come next year this is a 4 way Cross don't know what the outcome will be but it should be fun  Charles |
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Post by garrett on Aug 26, 2012 10:12:30 GMT -5
drooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.lol
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Post by coffeebreak on Aug 26, 2012 10:36:09 GMT -5
drooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.lol Red you will Drool Come Tuesday or Wednesday when you see What the Mail Person bring you Charles |
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Post by coffeebreak on Aug 30, 2012 16:35:41 GMT -5
This is one of my Crosses from earlier this year it growing very good it's started to set flowers so far only male flower but with any luck I should have a new pumpkin variety ready for Thanksgiving  Two more crosses that are about ready to be pick  Charles |
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Aug 30, 2012 17:26:56 GMT -5
I've got a second crop of winter squash setting bigger than the first if time permits. All Tahitian Melon squash and Brazilian butternuts. The brazilian butternutskeep growing and setting roots along the vine till frost it seems, kinda like Seminole pumkins but much much larger.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Aug 30, 2012 20:53:17 GMT -5
They are cute Charles!
Gulfie, Bravo. That's great news.
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Post by coffeebreak on Aug 31, 2012 16:41:22 GMT -5
They are cute Charles! Gulfie, Bravo. That's great news. Thank you. The proud father that donated the pollen for that cross was the Queensland blue These should be a very nice cross come next Spring Charles |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 1, 2012 7:19:10 GMT -5
He was a QB? Where's that Gorgeous colour gone??  |
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 1, 2012 7:36:55 GMT -5
Blue the seeds inside that pumpkin will be the F1 cross the 1st cross will always look like
the Mother plant you will not see any changes until you plant these seeds then
they will become an F2 or the new pumpkin
Charles
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 1, 2012 11:16:13 GMT -5
Thanks Charles.
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Post by LinFL on Sept 4, 2012 11:02:18 GMT -5
Two Seminole Pumpkins and one Long Island Cheese pumpkin have set. Hopefully more of those and some of the Musquee du Provence will set as well. Unfortunately, it has been raining since before dawn, so today's female blooms have no chance to be pollinated. They've all tolerated a ridiculously wet August and shrugged off multiple SVB attacks. I just fished part of the LIC vine out of one of my apple trees. Even if I don't get many pumpkins out of them this fall, I think I will try them again in March when conditions are more favorable. I am really impressed with how tough these plants are. ;D |
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 8, 2012 12:46:27 GMT -5
Charles, Congrats on your first attempt and don't feel bad. At least you might be able to salvage some seeds out of your first attempt at Amish Pie. My first (and only so far) Amish Pie was no larger than a walnut. It looked exactly like it was supposed to, and it ripened and cured to keep for over a year. But when I cut it open it only had one little seed and that was not viable. Always another year Blue I did not fail on these the seeds company had a mix up with their seeds they sent me the right seeds in the mail today Charles |
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 10, 2012 9:10:05 GMT -5
Found something that will new to me come next year I never hear of this Variety of Squash it called Sweet meat it an Heirloom from the Pacific northwest from the Illustration on the seeds pack it look to be a Blue warty type Squash  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 10, 2012 9:35:14 GMT -5
Charles, good to hear that you're Amish Pie seeds were replaced.  Sweet Meat...I've tried raising them from two different sources and as yet have had zero luck raising them. I'll try again next year. I don't believe they are warty. All the pics I've ever seen of them are smooth skinned. Remy says on her site that they are a long time favourite. She has pics. Take a look. www.sampleseeds.com/?page_id=2633 |
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Post by directsunlight on Sept 10, 2012 22:23:09 GMT -5
SVBs are evil evil evil. My zucchini vine was wilting the other day, & had one in the vine. This is a moschata, for heaven's sake! I pried the vine apart and squished the offender. There was another on a second vine. Wouldn't have seen either one, but a wind blew the plants upside down. Dirt is piled on them & they look ok for now.
Heat stress seems to really affect the zucchini r. When it heated up and the bugs went to work, the fruit stopped in mid-stream. What had been a growing zucchini started turning yellow and withering at the ends.
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Post by txdirtdawg on Sept 10, 2012 23:32:51 GMT -5
Don't feel bad DS.
SVBs have been dinging my Armenian cucumber vines. The vines are solid so the SVBs dig a gouge out of the vine - mostly near the growing tips - and then fall off. The problem is from the gouge to the tip, the vine withers due to moisture loss. Of course then the vine starts putting out more side-shoot vines. Getting pretty bushy on the trellis and I'll still get the cukes.
Never would have thought SVBs would go after what is actually a melon, but I guess their evil knows no bounds. They are actually passing up 2 other types of melons AND a squash vine in the same side garden to go after the Armenian cuke. I just shake my head.
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Post by txdirtdawg on Sept 11, 2012 21:56:35 GMT -5
Winter squash vines starting to get new life and run hard again. Course most of them are a long way from where the seed was planted and SVB action has killed off most of the original main vines. So it'll be a lot of "wonder what that one is?" until fruit start maturing. A lot of flowers starting to show up where there were pretty much zero 2 weeks ago.
Gotta love the fall garden.
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Post by LinFL on Sept 13, 2012 9:05:24 GMT -5
Gotta love the fall garden. I hear you! Mine are running well now, but I still only have one Long Island Cheese and two Seminole Pumpkins set (unless there are some hidden in the long grass). But I see new female flower buds, and we should have good weather for pumpkin vines now. |
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Post by garrett on Sept 21, 2012 18:50:00 GMT -5
charles wanted to drop a big thankye fer the awesome crosses.
my hopes that we all have a decent spring season.smiles
i have much more manure to steal...lol
my cindarella vines are throwing a few.lol
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 22, 2012 11:38:48 GMT -5
You are Welcome Red I hope that they will do very good for you come next year I got 2 crosses planted
the vine are going nuts but so far I only have Male Flowers the Females are playing hide
And seek. Blue I was at my local garden Center this Morning they have for Sale a large size Blue
Pumpkin with wart it was about 20 lb it look like a Cinderella with wart they wanted $15
U.S For it and they had a white warty pumpkin that was about 20 lb as well asking the
Same price U.S $15 Did not get the name of the Blue warty Pumpkin but White warty pumpkin is Called Brodé Galeux d'Eysines
Charles
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Post by directsunlight on Sept 22, 2012 23:21:38 GMT -5
Winter squash vines starting to get new life and run hard again. Course most of them are a long way from where the seed was planted and SVB action has killed off most of the original main vines. So it'll be a lot of "wonder what that one is?" until fruit start maturing. A lot of flowers starting to show up where there were pretty much zero 2 weeks ago. Gotta love the fall garden. That's where it was hurting me worst in the past. I put fabric or plastic under the plants, so they didn't reroot until they got in the grass. The sun was so intense this year it literarlly cooked the fabric apart within weeks when I set it out in July. It's still around the okra which is a good thing. The warmer the better around those. The zucchini's rooting all over the place, not very deeply but every little bit helps. Squished another bad guy today. They don't give up here until Halloween. |
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 23, 2012 13:52:29 GMT -5
This Baby is Call Brodé Galeux d'Eysines it a French heirloom the English translation mean embroidered with warts from Eysines I pick it up today from my local Pumpkin stand for $8 Dollars this will look very cool growing in my Garden come next year Charles  |
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Post by coffeebreak on Sept 27, 2012 10:00:22 GMT -5
One of my Howden pumpkins with my Black Kitty Happy Halloween  And a Few Sugar Pie Pumpkins  Charles |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 28, 2012 22:47:18 GMT -5
This Baby is Call Brodé Galeux d'Eysines Love it! Really Great looking Pumpkin. The Howden's are nice too, but they just don't have the same dramatic effect. Kitty is absolutely Adorable! |
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Post by kay on Sept 29, 2012 10:44:45 GMT -5
What a pretty kitty! Those are beautiful pumpkins. I'll be buying mine at the roadside stand this year.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Sept 29, 2012 12:30:48 GMT -5
I finally has a mystery moschata like the one I saved the seeds from. The size of a watermelon with ridges, green with irregular white streaks. Also about 30 feet from the original hill.
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Post by txdirtdawg on Sept 29, 2012 12:54:02 GMT -5
Yay! I still haven't gotten one to go to term. Several are still trying to fruit. I just fed them some beefed up lunch, so we'll see. I've got vines that have crossed out of the garden and climbed an 8 foot fence and are running along the top of the fence. Others that have grown through the back area of the garden and were making a break for the back fence. I still have hopes of getting some of them this fall.
Charles: beautiful kitty and pumpkins!
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