[Market-farming] squash maturity
frshstrt at baldwin-telecom.net
frshstrt at baldwin-telecom.net
Sun Sep 2 13:43:00 EDT 2007
HI! I asked the list to help after a storm with 60+mph wind and hail
decimated all my crops. The squash was on the vines and the vines were
still in the soil even though the foliage was gone. I was told to leave
them alone and I did so. The foliage has since started to regrow not
only on the squash but on other plants as well. I harvested a couple
squash to check the maturity and they were ripe. Time will tell if I
get anything else so I have planted a few fall crops. The greenhouse is
not as bad as originally thought. Yesterday my husband, daughter and
her boyfriend worked to pull the hoops striaght.and I may only lose a
few feet of the total greenhouse from damage. We still need new plastic
and some other small things but its a lot less than replacing a whole
structure. I was to the point after struggling with 2 years of drought
and the storm I wanted to pack it all in. We still won't know about our
fruit trees since the hail damaged them too but things are lots better
than they were. Have a nice Labor Day!!! Lu in Wis
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