Butternut and Acorn ? - Page 2

clkeiper · March 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I eat it raw in salad so it tastes like blue cheese to me.

I hardly ever eat summer quash cooked unless it is fried and then only about 3 times a year.

Worth

Now Worth... Blue cheese? that is disgusting. You need a drink of coffee or something. that is just pitiful... blue cheese?

AlittleSalt · March 30, 2015

"I eat it raw in salad so it tastes like blue cheese to me"

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Originally Posted by clkeiper

Now Worth... Blue cheese? that is disgusting. You need a drink of coffee or something. that is just pitiful... blue cheese?

LOL, I thought the same

AlittleSalt · March 30, 2015

Squash vine borers are problem here too. Squash bugs are an even bigger problem.

With the borers, as Worth replied, foil helps. A TP or paper towel roll helps. I've used water hose too. All of them work for the most part.

Squash bugs are different story though. I've used all kinds of organic miracle cures...didn't work. Soapy water...didn't work well enough. Malathion...waste of time and effort.

The only thing I've found that gets rid of squash bugs is a match and a gallon of gas.

Ken B · March 30, 2015

Worth --

Wow, that's an amazing photo!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Uh they love it here to.
You need to wrap your vines in foil around the base of the stem and keep a sharp eye out for the tell tale holes.

There is a clay stuff you can spray but the name of it escapes me.

Worth

Clay = kaolin?

Moschata type summer squash like Tromboncino have much better SVB resistance. And like we've talked about over in the cucuzzi thread, edible gourds like cucuzzi and edible gourds such as luffas are also really bug-proof and a good summer squash substitute.

FarmerShawn · March 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

There is a clay stuff you can spray but the name of it escapes me.

Worth

I don't have borers, but I do have cucumber beetles. I use Surround, a fine powdered kaolin clay. Is that the stuff you are talking about, Worth? It makes insects uncomfortable, so they go elsewhere. Doesn't kill anything, as far as I know.

Worth1 · March 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by FarmerShawn

I don't have borers, but I do have cucumber beetles. I use Surround, a fine powdered kaolin clay. Is that the stuff you are talking about, Worth? It makes insects uncomfortable, so they go elsewhere. Doesn't kill anything, as far as I know.

That's what I thought it was called thanks.
Now I have to figure out where they sell it here.

Worth

FarmerShawn · March 30, 2015

I get my Surround from Fedco in Maine.

drbobintx · March 31, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Uh they love it here to.
You need to wrap your vines in foil around the base of the stem and keep a sharp eye out for the tell tale holes.

There is a clay stuff you can spray but the name of it escapes me.

Worth

I tried using fine cloth coverings and dusting the vines with Sevin. I wasn't successful. I will try your foil trick. Thanks.

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Tracydr · March 31, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

The yellow crook neck has better flavor and the grey zucchini is better the the green.
Worth

I like Costoluto Romanesco.
I wasn't a huge tatume fan but it is very cool looking and a pretty plant as well. It will do well on trellis. Give it room!
Kabocha is my favorite winter squash.

Stvrob · March 31, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

The yellow crook neck has better flavor and the grey zucchini is better the the green.
Worth

I heard on the radio that the only time of year people have to lock their car doors in Lake Wobegon is when they are at church service during Zucchini season.

linuxmoose · March 31, 2015

Give the white scallop a try - it is actually one of my favorites over yellow or zucchini. I'll second the grey zucchini being much more flavorful than the green, though.

**carolyn137** · April 1, 2015

There are lots and lots of scalloped summer squash varieties and I've grown many of them and here's a Google link about some of them:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...+with+pictures

Two seed vendors that list LOTs of them, the non-hybrid ones, are Sandhill Preservation and Baker Creek, the latter with pictures, the former not, but Glenn Drowns who owns Sandhill was the former curator for Cucurbits for SSE so has a huge inventory and sent many of his varieties to Jere Gettle at Baker Creek shortly after Baker Creek got going.

Jere has travelled to many places overseas and has added to his squash varieties almost every year.

Hope that helps,

Carolyn

AlittleSalt · April 1, 2015

Thank You Carolyn. I have a long day of doctors and all today. I look foreword to looking at the sites tonight.

shelleybean · April 1, 2015

My favorite of the pattypans is Golden Bush Scallop. I will have mostly crooknecks this season but I like a couple of zucchini to fry and eat with some homemade marinara. My yellow squash usually outlasts the zucchini. The borers and the squash bugs seem to prefer any zucchini variety I grow.

AlittleSalt · April 2, 2015

While shopping today, I found seeds for Early Summer Crookneck and Dixie hybrid. I guess I'll have to try those too.

March 30, 2015	#22
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	I get my Surround from Fedco in Maine. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

April 1, 2015	#27
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	There are lots and lots of scalloped summer squash varieties and I've grown many of them and here's a Google link about some of them: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...+with+pictures Two seed vendors that list LOTs of them, the non-hybrid ones, are Sandhill Preservation and Baker Creek, the latter with pictures, the former not, but Glenn Drowns who owns Sandhill was the former curator for Cucurbits for SSE so has a huge inventory and sent many of his varieties to Jere Gettle at Baker Creek shortly after Baker Creek got going. Jere has travelled to many places overseas and has added to his squash varieties almost every year. Hope that helps, Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

April 1, 2015	#29
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	My favorite of the pattypans is Golden Bush Scallop. I will have mostly crooknecks this season but I like a couple of zucchini to fry and eat with some homemade marinara. My yellow squash usually outlasts the zucchini. The borers and the squash bugs seem to prefer any zucchini variety I grow. __________________ Michele

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March 30, 2015	#18
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Squash vine borers are problem here too. Squash bugs are an even bigger problem. With the borers, as Worth replied, foil helps. A TP or paper towel roll helps. I've used water hose too. All of them work for the most part. Squash bugs are different story though. I've used all kinds of organic miracle cures...didn't work. Soapy water...didn't work well enough. Malathion...waste of time and effort. The only thing I've found that gets rid of squash bugs is a match and a gallon of gas.

March 31, 2015	#26
linuxmoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 25	Give the white scallop a try - it is actually one of my favorites over yellow or zucchini. I'll second the grey zucchini being much more flavorful than the green, though.

April 2, 2015	#30
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	While shopping today, I found seeds for Early Summer Crookneck and Dixie hybrid. I guess I'll have to try those too.