On the garden front
Jul. 15th, 2009 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithI may have mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I pulled up my single zucchini plant. It had improved in appearance as the weather warmed, and it flowered quite a few times. No little zucchinis, however. It might have improved as the summer wore on, but I lacked the patience to wait.
My squash isn't all that great, either. It is huge, and it is producing a number of squash. But only two out of 10 or so have gone on to grow large enough to pick and eat. The others haven't grown more than a couple of inches long. At that point, they stop growing and rot at the flower end. The couple of squash that did grow to a reasonable size--6-7 inches--had to be picked today because they were starting to rot at the flower end as well. I had read that squash are ready to pick when the flower falls off. Well, in the case of my plant the flowers are dried up, but they're not falling off.
I did have one of the squash for dinner, cut up and roasted and tossed with some leftover spaghetti. I liked it, but not enough to plant more next year.
In other news, the cantaloupe "vine" is about 5-6" long and has 2 or 3 blossoms. And if even 3/4 of the green tomatoes go on to ripen, I will be making freezer sauce enough to fill the freezer to the top.
My squash isn't all that great, either. It is huge, and it is producing a number of squash. But only two out of 10 or so have gone on to grow large enough to pick and eat. The others haven't grown more than a couple of inches long. At that point, they stop growing and rot at the flower end. The couple of squash that did grow to a reasonable size--6-7 inches--had to be picked today because they were starting to rot at the flower end as well. I had read that squash are ready to pick when the flower falls off. Well, in the case of my plant the flowers are dried up, but they're not falling off.
I did have one of the squash for dinner, cut up and roasted and tossed with some leftover spaghetti. I liked it, but not enough to plant more next year.
In other news, the cantaloupe "vine" is about 5-6" long and has 2 or 3 blossoms. And if even 3/4 of the green tomatoes go on to ripen, I will be making freezer sauce enough to fill the freezer to the top.
