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  • From: Burke Farm <burkefarm AT gmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] cucurbits
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:30:35 -0500

Hi all,

For several years, I've noticed that I can grow any cucurbit I want..
as long as it's not a c. maxima.

Any ideas what could be going on? Do they have higher / different
fertility needs, some kind of virus sensitivity, are first on the menu
for cucumber beetles / squash borers, or what? Other growers in my
region seem to be able to grow at least some of them.

When I try to grow them, they do form a few fruit, but they are small,
rot on the vine before sizing up or ripening fully, and the vines die
early. It's been several years since I've even given them a chance.

Lisa Burke
Farming Engineers
central IN z 5
clay loam soil




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