Market Farming

[robert schuler <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>]

Pollination is the key to the whole thing. Squash flowers open at dawn
and close by noontime. Bees need to enter each flower at least 20 times
for pollination, if its cloudy rainy or too hot over 85* or too cool
under 60* the bees sleep in that day and flowers are lost. It helps to
have a bee hive nearby...Bob
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

Allan Balliett wrote:

> I'm very interested in the 'how-to' of baby squash. One of my
> concerns is loss of yield. Do you wind up getting as many pounds of
> squash when you pick early...or do you lose wt to pick up on
> 'novelty'?
>
> Also, is there some way you have planted your squash to make finding
> small squash 'easier'?  Do you prune your plants?
>
> Sorry. I have to ask questions like these!  ;-)
>
> -Allan
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