Comments on: Improve Your Winter Squash Harvest http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest For kitchen gardeners with limited space Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:55:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Helen at Toronto Gardens http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest/comment-page-1#comment-275 Helen at Toronto Gardens Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:13:28 +0000 http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest#comment-275 What a great tip -- and now that I have acquired (since mid July) a community garden plot, I can actually pay attention when people talk squash. However, I wouldn't exactly call this a "lazy" garden technique. I fall more into the lazy-faire category. Which is perhaps why the half-fried pumpkin plant someone gave me when I got the plot seems to contain no actual pumpkin. What a great tip — and now that I have acquired (since mid July) a community garden plot, I can actually pay attention when people talk squash. However, I wouldn’t exactly call this a “lazy” garden technique. I fall more into the lazy-faire category. Which is perhaps why the half-fried pumpkin plant someone gave me when I got the plot seems to contain no actual pumpkin.

]]> By: admin http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest/comment-page-1#comment-267 admin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:42:20 +0000 http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest#comment-267 Pollinating squash (and pumpkin) blossoms has become one of my favorite gardening tasks. This season, it seems the bee population has increased - I'm always wading through a loud buzz - but I still get out every morning to examine the plants and search for newly-opened fruiting blossoms. I found two that kind of surprised me in the past two days, on plants that I thought were spent. We had our first butternut squash with a meal over the past weekend. I hope you get some fruits to set; it's always so satisfying to harvest and prepare a nice winter squash. Pollinating squash (and pumpkin) blossoms has become one of my favorite gardening tasks. This season, it seems the bee population has increased – I’m always wading through a loud buzz – but I still get out every morning to examine the plants and search for newly-opened fruiting blossoms. I found two that kind of surprised me in the past two days, on plants that I thought were spent. We had our first butternut squash with a meal over the past weekend.

I hope you get some fruits to set; it’s always so satisfying to harvest and prepare a nice winter squash.

]]> By: Kari Lonning http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest/comment-page-1#comment-266 Kari Lonning Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:46:32 +0000 http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest#comment-266 Thanks for the Twitter link to this page. I did discover that I have one fist size pumpkin. It is growing 10 FEET off the ground. The vine climbed itself up and through the neighboring rhodo! I'll take photos tomorrow, and post them on Twitter. (after I pollinate a few of the flowers properly) Thanks for the Twitter link to this page. I did discover that I have one fist size pumpkin. It is growing 10 FEET off the ground. The vine climbed itself up and through the neighboring rhodo! I’ll take photos tomorrow, and post them on Twitter. (after I pollinate a few of the flowers properly)

]]> By: Marina http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest/comment-page-1#comment-248 Marina Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:57:50 +0000 http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/small-kitchen-garden/improve-your-winter-squash-harvest#comment-248 Thank you, I've had a terrible season with my summer squash- only had two fruits out of four plants. They are dying back now, but will try the hand pollinating next season. Thank you, I’ve had a terrible season with my summer squash- only had two fruits out of four plants. They are dying back now, but will try the hand pollinating next season.

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