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- From: "Liz Pike" <pike AT always-online.com>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Squash Flowers
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 11:12:21 -0400
Lucy, this came from the m-f archives, posted 2-24-00 by Shelley Pasco--
>We harvest ours in the early morning when they've still got dew on them and
>the bumblebees are sleepy. Carefully knock out the bees if they're inside.
>We pick the ones that have already opened and closed up again.
>We like to pack them above ice, so they stay cool and dry. They'll get
brown
>& slimy if they get wet. Deliver the day you harvest, don't try to hold
them
>for long.
>Try Seneca Butterblossom from FEDCO. It's a zucchini that was bred
>specifically for lots of beautiful male blossoms. The fruits are also
pretty
>good, medium green. We also get lots of male blossoms from our
>pumpkin/winter squash plants. They only need so many, and once they've been
>robbed of pollen they're of no use to the plants anyway.
Hope this helps!
Liz
-
Squash Flowers,
Lucy Goodman-Owsley, 05/03/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Squash Flowers, Bill Shoemaker, 05/03/2000
- Re: Squash Flowers, MJ Barnes, 05/03/2000
- Re: Squash Flowers, Liz Pike, 05/03/2000
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