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  • From: frshstrt AT baldwin-telecom.net
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] squash maturity
  • Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:43:00 -0500

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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