3rd crop of yellow squash

[baymule]

I shred squash, mix with cream corn, chopped onion, an egg and cornmeal to make fritters. I pour boiling water over the cornmeal to precook it before adding to the squash mixture. Make patties and fry. Yummy!

 

[digitS']

Is it Sticks of Butter or Cubes of Butter? I can't find Sticks of Butter. I have been growing Cubes of Butter for a couple of years. I buy the seeds at Ace Hardware, Botanical Interests.

That's it !

It seems that I had forgotten the name between the time that I planted the seed and the time of harvest.

Steve

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

That's it !

It seems that I had forgotten the name between the time that I planted the seed and the time of harvest.

Steve

Good. I like Cubes of Butter, but I was going to try Sticks of Butter and see if it was better. It sure is a pretty squash.

 

[Duckworth]

I didn't get a lot of yellow squash this year, despite planting quite a bit of it. Vine borers got into virtually every one of my squash plants. I cut them out and a few plants survived. Then, I planted again and vine borers got about half of them, despite my cutting them out of the new plants, too. Then the cucumber beetles and stink bugs showed up. A lot of the melons died of wilt.

A very frustrating year for squash. I did get several large, but not fibrous or seedy zucchini, which I sliced and turned into sweet and sour pickles. I usually keep careful notes of everything I plant and how it did, but this season had a lot of other things going on, so I didn't.

 

[catjac1975]

I didn't get a lot of yellow squash this year, despite planting quite a bit of it. Vine borers got into virtually every one of my squash plants. I cut them out and a few plants survived. Then, I planted again and vine borers got about half of them, despite my cutting them out of the new plants, too. Then the cucumber beetles and stink bugs showed up. A lot of the melons died of wilt.

A very frustrating year for squash. I did get several large, but not fibrous or seedy zucchini, which I sliced and turned into sweet and sour pickles. I usually keep careful notes of everything I plant and how it did, but this season had a lot of other things going on, so I didn't.

I find consecutive planting helps avoid the pests-not for all of course just the one planted at just the right time. I guess it did not work for you. If you have chickens let them forage inn your garden through the winter.

 

[baymule]

I didn't get a lot of yellow squash this year, despite planting quite a bit of it. Vine borers got into virtually every one of my squash plants. I cut them out and a few plants survived. Then, I planted again and vine borers got about half of them, despite my cutting them out of the new plants, too. Then the cucumber beetles and stink bugs showed up. A lot of the melons died of wilt.

A very frustrating year for squash. I did get several large, but not fibrous or seedy zucchini, which I sliced and turned into sweet and sour pickles. I usually keep careful notes of everything I plant and how it did, but this season had a lot of other things going on, so I didn't.

There are some years that if you get anything at all, consider it a victory!

 

[Duckworth]

I find consecutive planting helps avoid the pests-not for all of course just the one planted at just the right time. I guess it did not work for you. If you have chickens let them forage inn your garden through the winter.

I just have ducks, but our fence isn't high enough to let them free range in the yard, so they have a large enclosed pen. Lots of duck predators here. I do spread their spent straw on the garden for mulch, since duck waste isn't hot like chicken waste is.

I think I need to go out very early in the spring and rake open the top of my garden beds to expose larva to the cold. Our winter wasn't as cold as usual last year and we had a broad spectrum of insect pests that I had not had trouble with before.