Posted on 06/20/2014 12:30:26 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I followed the ‘instructions’, but it was tough to say ‘NO’ to planting on beautiful days when they were designated as ‘killing days’. Things have worked out, however...
I got it at Sam’s club about 4yrs ago, but they still carried it this past year. We first used the kind from the big box store, but they were a joke from the git go, they would come apart just pulling on them or walking on them, as I remember. Then we bought this jumbo roll that was highly recommended buy JustaDumbBlonde, so we stepped up to it and never looked back. The roll is getting small now, so we may need to get another, just in case we want to Expand the gardening in the future. The store here only sells it in the spring planting season, so we are well past that for this year. Good luck with it.
Rights? My wife and I just want to garden and be left alone. The neighbor LIED to the police (a misdemeanor/felony), but she's living her life as she desires, while we live in fear, waiting to get out of the state come the fall.
Rights? Just for certain people, I guess.
LOL!
One bee, heading for the 'interior'. They really go deep into the bloom - this certainly makes sure they end up with lots of pollen on them.
Double bees - one in each blossom!
Plenty of potential Trombettas on the vine - if they all turn into large squash, I'll be knee deep in them. The largest (which is out of the picture to the right) is probably getting close to 18" and growing noticeably every day so some Trombetta bread/noodles should be in my near future.
I just love those big showy blossoms, and your cute little bees. I read there is some kind of bee who goes to sleep in the blossoms at night, supposedly hoping a female bee shows up.
BTW, when I was up on my ladder at 1:00 am, there were some blossoms open on my cucuzza, and they were much showier than the daytime/male blossoms. They looked almost like a big dogwood blossom or something.
Per that cucuzza blossom honey site, they only bloom at night and must be pollinated that same night ... or no squash. They refer to ‘night-shift bees’ .... I didn’t know bees were active at night (?).
This has been a fascinating adventure with the Trombetta and Cucuzza squash. It’s not over yet - plenty more adventures to come! :-) I haven’t been to the garden at 1:00 a.m. (yet), but I must make 6 trips during the day to see what is going on with the squash. I’m out checking on things before I have my first cup of coffee and the last check is as dusk falls.
We did spot a deer a mere couple of yards from garden Friday night, but I don’t think they’ll eat the squash vines - don’t like ‘fuzzy’ or ‘prickly’ ... the T’s are very much that way, the C’s a little softer, but I still don’t think the deer would like the soft fuzzies either. Japanese beetles are putting in an appearance - found one on a T leaf, one on an eggplant & my basil & radish leaves are getting chomped on. Grrrrrr .... hate those things - they’re on my neighbor’s roses in a fairly big way.
We would LOVE to be in your shoes...
Beautiful.
That’s wonderful. :) Best wishes to you!
Someone around the Dallas area was growing tomatoes in his garage, a neightbor called the police. the police arrived and I guess were red faced when they found the fellow was
growing ONLY tomatoes.
These people that make these ‘false reports’ need to reimburse the city/town the money it cost to send the police on a wild-goose chase.
First two blooms on my cucuzza .... female and male flower. They bloomed last night. They were turning dark beige and drooping this morning so I hope some bee was out & about late & pollination occurred!
Oh, wow, they look healthy and happy. So excited for you. My cuccuzza baby that was about four inches long at 1:00am, Sunday when I was playing nut on a ladder..
It's now 17 inches long.. It's only about 1.25 inches across, though. I wish it would start fattening up, and quit getting longer.
I was wondering if putting string lights out there at night would attract night time pollinators, or just bad bugs. Oh, well, so far, they don't seem to need my help.
BTW, did you notice the leaves have a burnt hair smell? I hope it is some natural defense mechanism.
Forgot to ask...Did you pick your 18" Trombetta yet? If not, I figure it's grown another ten inches, and will be looking like Fred Flintstone's club.
I bought this item an hour ago so I'll have something to make noodles with since I now have a lotta' squash to eat! There is a recipe at the bottom of that link for Creamy Chicken with Cherry Tomatoes (my Sugar Sweets are starting to come in) and a Chili Mac idea using sweet potato noodles. One of these days, I'll purchase a 'spiralizer'.
I'm also looking for a tasty zucchini bread recipe that is low sugar or one I can use with stevia. I have a good recipe already with lots of sugar so I'll play around with that one for starters. With all the Trombettas on the vine, I can make bread with them and freeze it if the actual squash doesn't freeze well and I'm thinking it won't.
BTW, did you notice the leaves have a burnt hair smell? I hope it is some natural defense mechanism.
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I had not noticed! I’ll check it out the next time I’m at the garden. I have a bunch of work to do this evening - watering, weed eater & rearranging my pots - looks messy and I think I have a better idea.
I have one of those, but I've never used the julienne blade to see how it works for zoodles. I did buy a Vegetti the other day, and I don't like the "shape" of the zoodles it makes..I used the thick noodle end, but they were flater than with the Paderno World Cuisine tri-blade cutter.
Lol, I did think the Vegetti would be good for camping or for in a bug out bag.
I've read lots of reviews of people slicing their fingers with the Vegetti, so I expect to see tons of those in the thrift stores pretty soon-maybe, even at the Dollar Tree. Ours always has lots of "as seen on tv" items for a dollar about six months after the television ads where they cost $19.95.
Lol, I bought one of those pet groomer vaccuums, a folding strainer basket, and some Topsy Turvey upside down tomato planter thingies, all for $1.00 each.
Of course only one of my cats doesn't mind the motor sound of the pet vaccuum/groomer.
Okay, back on topic...My zucchini bread recipe is heavy on the sugar...half a cup per loaf. Also, I love sweet potato spoodles. I use them in Korean food a lot.
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