We have been in the 60s daily and 40s nightly. That is changing tomorrow, and we’ll be heading into the 30s nightly and 50s during the day.
I’ll be racing around covering stuff up and digging up more stuff to bring in at the first of the week.
You guys know the two regular squash in the ground were killed fast by borers and I gave up on those squash and planting in the ground. I recall, greeneyes, you thought moths would find squash even on the deck and borers would kill them. Well, this moth/borer resistant squash appears to be the real thing. It's got the natural resistance and being off the ground, going for it.
The squash vine is 12 ft. long now and shows no sign of stopping to grow, all suspended in the air. There are blossoms open and many to open and I do mean “many”. There would be enough squash on this one plant to last someone a long time especially since the length is so long. Hmm, I need to look in my waterbath canning book for how to use vinegar to can these squash. And, I need the rest of the canning stuff like jars and lids and the vinegar, etc., whatever the books says. Gee, I could actually have something to can which I have never done, either, right along with never having grown anything.
It's possible something can still happen to this squash and I do have some yellow leaves on it that bother me, like why did they do that? It may be too much water since it has rained here so much lately.
I know I am new to this to be giving advice, but this Tromboncino Squash appears to be the perfect squash to grow - moths/borers are not a problem, it grows fast, it grow very long, it is filled to the max with blossoms, so the yield will be very many and some can be left on the vine and become a winter squash of a tan color like butternut squash.
As long as it grows up rather than on the ground, it doesn't take up much space, just the planter it is in. The dolly rightly_dividing made for me was more important to have than I realized at the time. This plant has tendrils everywhere to latch on to whatever is close, so I moved it around when tendrils got too close to something to latch onto and I could regulate the sun it got. That 13 inch circumference barrel with the framework to hold it as it grew was perfect for this plant. I will get more of these barrels for spring.
Right now, I've got all the seed envelopes around me and I've got to plan which ones for spring and what I still need to get when they (seeds or plants) are available and how many more containers I will need.
Johnny, would you plant one or more of this squash if I sent you the seeds? I only offer them to you because they shouldn't be a problem to grow. I don't remember if you don't like to eat squash.