Tromboncino Squash Vine Borers! Pg 4

[catjac1975]

I think if you grow it the way you do yellow squash, zuchs, cucumber etc. you will have success. I ordered my seed the day Baymule first posted and they were in the ground within a week. So now they are near ripe I would guess things may grow a bit faster for you. I start vine crops in peat pots with success. To combat squash borers and squash bugs I put out consecutive plantings. Seedlings first and seeds soon after. The pests can be thwarted by timing more than anything. I often try for a third planting if I have space and time.

Do you mean as a fall crop? Not here-but probably where you are. I think vining crops are the most resilient when it comes to the vine borer. They root along the vine where it touches the soil keeping up the flow of nutrients. I love vines on a trellis or fence.

will they grow for Fall?

yes was wondering if it will grow for fall crops. I dont have this plant yet. will try planting them next year.can it grow in starter pots for spring? and when is good time to plant them. I imagine I will be growing the same way I did with zucchinis.

 

[897tgigvib]

You can give them a fall try desertlady.

Wow! Are you frost free down there? I have some beautiful very rare beans that are grown as fall winter to spring dry beans in the desert canyons of the southern sierra madre. They may grow better for you than for me.

 

[desertlady]

We had freezing weather 2 years in a row. 0 degrees. Doesnt happen often ! We do have frost, and it can come unexpected. I am hoping this year will get better. one year I had tomatoes still grown from april through first frost in February! right now my string beans is growing like crazy,(August) and Im hoping it will stay through Fall.

 

[catjac1975]

Somehow I can't feel sorry for someone who has first frost in February. I know you have those heat related challenges though. How about all those melons that you get?

We had freezing weather 2 years in a row. 0 degrees. Doesnt happen often ! We do have frost, and it can come unexpected. I am hoping this year will get better. one year I had tomatoes still grown from april through first frost in February! right now my string beans is growing like crazy,(August) and Im hoping it will stay through Fall.

 

[catjac1975]

I plan to eat my first trombone squash tonight.

 

[desertlady]

this year I had terrible luck with melons. too much wind damaged. I am hoping for a better year next spring!

 

[baymule]

I plan to eat my first trombone squash tonight.

 

[catjac1975]

WHAAAAT? So sorry.

this year I had terrible luck with melons. too much wind damaged. I am hoping for a better year next spring!

 

[catjac1975]

It was delicious! Freezing the extra.

 

[MontyJ]

Somehow I can't feel sorry for someone who has first frost in February.