[sockmonkey]

Well, since you’re the master gardener...My Tromboncino Squash has lots of six inch squash on it, but the flowers on the ends haven’t opened yet. Don’t I have to get pollen from a male flower when those squash blossoms open, and pollinate them so the six inch squash don’t fall off?

I had to have a cat put down today, so I, too am drinking an adult beverage...gin. Oh, and it’s hot outside.

[Marcella]

T squash: I have a lot of fuzzy looking things and flowers are going to come out of that with attached squash. Yes, when the flowers bloom, do the Q tip or small brush and pollinate.

Are you saying you have real squash growing, six inches long, and never had flowers bloom? Maybe you are saying the squash is that long AND you can see where a flower will come out.

When I actually get a decent tomato, I’ll let you know I’m then a master gardener.

[rightly_dividing]

I thought about you and your fondness of recycling when I spotted this a few minutes ago. The construction may be a little more involved than you want to deal with, but it’s nice to look at what some one else did with it.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/100925

[rightly_dividing]

This came from our neighborhood's garden thread on Facebook.
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