Hattie the Hen
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BlueRose,
This is the link I was trying to find this morning!! Her advice is great!
:rose Hattie :rose
Tips on growing tomatos and squash.
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BlueRose,
This is the link I was trying to find this morning!! Her advice is great!
:rose Hattie :rose
jamespm_98
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I think Journey is right on with the days for squash since I think it bears within a 6 to 8 weeks.
Also most tomatoes seem to be advertised in the 70-90 day range, some early girl's are advertised in the 50-60 day range, but I would add about two weeks to the number of days advertised for a variety since this is typically under ideal conditions. I figure in about 4 weeks for starting the seedlings. I set out tomato plants in mid April and on most years have tomatoes for the 4th of July cookouts. These are set out as ~8 - 10 inch plants in mid April that were started in my greenhouse at the first of March or late Feb. This is for "Better Boys", but also I plant an early version called "Siberian". That puts me in the 100 -120 day range from the day I start the seed, depending on the variety.
Also Whitewater is right on squash and zuchini, I had three squash plants and two zuchini and found that was twice as much as I needed for a family of four. It got so bad my wife threatened me with bodily harm if I brought any more in the house towards the end of summer.
I did find out the chickens will eat squash, though they got tired of it as well.:/
Also most tomatoes seem to be advertised in the 70-90 day range, some early girl's are advertised in the 50-60 day range, but I would add about two weeks to the number of days advertised for a variety since this is typically under ideal conditions. I figure in about 4 weeks for starting the seedlings. I set out tomato plants in mid April and on most years have tomatoes for the 4th of July cookouts. These are set out as ~8 - 10 inch plants in mid April that were started in my greenhouse at the first of March or late Feb. This is for "Better Boys", but also I plant an early version called "Siberian". That puts me in the 100 -120 day range from the day I start the seed, depending on the variety.
Also Whitewater is right on squash and zuchini, I had three squash plants and two zuchini and found that was twice as much as I needed for a family of four. It got so bad my wife threatened me with bodily harm if I brought any more in the house towards the end of summer.
I did find out the chickens will eat squash, though they got tired of it as well.:/- Thread starter
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BlueRose
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Everyone, thank you SO MUCH for your replies! It's really nice seeing that TheEasyGarden is just as helpful as BackYardChickens! Since I planted the seeds yesterday, I'm going to pull out some of them today. Out of the 15, how many do you think I should keep? I have a family of three, along with a couple relatives I could give squash to.
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and i think you should keep at least 5
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BlueRose
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Thank you. I decided what I'm going to do is keep 8, and then when they pop up I'll either keep the ones that did sprout, or keep the biggest ones.
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My tomatoes always take WWAAAYYYY longer that to bear fruit than my patience can take! Even in 2009, when I had tomatoes Before July 4th! (Didn't know that I'd have to wait weeks to get more!! 
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)lupinfarm
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I planted my tomatoes around the end of April last year under a poly-tunnel on my raised bed and I had tomatoes pretty early, and my plants were enormous!
