fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

Happy chickens! Your squash plants are going to give you a bounty of squash!

Hope so. We have squash vine borers here, big time. I've tried various methods to help my plants survive, nothing works consistently. This year I'm just going to try the mass planting strategy and hope I get some squash.

I could live on Summer squash.

 

[Baymule]

Here we have squash borers all spring, summer and fall. None of that one crop stuff, they just keep coming. I’ve grown trombincino squash, letting the vines run along the ground. At the leaf nodes, the vines put out more roots! Borers ravaged the plants at the original roots, but the vines just kept growing.

 

[Baymule]

I found my old thread on TEG

Tromboncino Squash Vine Borers! Pg 4

I am trying new (to me) varieties of veggies this year and anything weird that catches my fancy. I have 5 tromboncino plants that are taking over the 39 feet of cow panel trellis I built for them. I picked my first one and we will have it for supper tonight. What I have read about it: All the...

www.theeasygarden.com

 

[Baymule]

I had to go on a search, but I found it! The picture says it all!

A squash as big as a small boy!

My three wonderful grandsons with the tromboncino squash at harvest.

www.theeasygarden.com

 

[canesisters]

It just floors me that you're harvesting & I've barely gotten anything planted!
You are so organized.

 

[farmerjan]

Mine's not even planted yet.... We will be having some chilly temps here this week... LOW 50's nights and maybe low 70's next few days...

 

[Mini Horses]

I'm not planted yet either

 

[SageHill]

Hey I've got trombocino growing crazy right now -- but I confess - I didn't plant it this year. It's the same plant that I started from seed early last year. Critters ravaged through it in the winter - but it was like the energizer bunny and just kept going. Trimmed it back hard about a month ago and it's going strong. Just like @Baymule said those nodes set down roots!

 

[murphysranch]

Yesterday I got my starts planted. All except for the tomatoes and one variety of squash. Its been too cold here to put them out.

 

[fuzzi]

I found my old thread on TEG

Tromboncino Squash Vine Borers! Pg 4

I am trying new (to me) varieties of veggies this year and anything weird that catches my fancy. I have 5 tromboncino plants that are taking over the 39 feet of cow panel trellis I built for them. I picked my first one and we will have it for supper tonight. What I have read about it: All the...

www.theeasygarden.com

I am willing to give it a try.

BTW, I will be picking my first zucchini today.