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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/1/2019, 10:11 am

Wow, I can’t believe it’s September already, but here it feels like Fall.  Beautiful weather so far.  

I was looking at a Facebook post from one year ago, and my large tomatoes are really really behind.  And my peppers are just starting to turn red, whereas last year I had oodles of red ones.  Every year is different!  

Enjoying a piece of zucchini bread with my coffee this morning!  Life is good, friends!
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Post  countrynaturals 9/1/2019, 10:28 am

Scorpio Rising wrote:Enjoying a piece of zucchini bread with my coffee this morning!  Life is good, friends!
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Post  OhioGardener 9/1/2019, 1:30 pm

What are you planting in September?  Today I planted some Bloomsdale Spinach, Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce, and Red Russian Kale. Also thinned the Perpetual Spinach and transplanted the culls into a new bed. It is going to be a beautiful fall season!




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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/1/2019, 9:02 pm

Last week I planted your perpetual spinach and sora radish!
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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/1/2019, 9:03 pm

countrynaturals wrote:
Scorpio Rising wrote:Enjoying a piece of zucchini bread with my coffee this morning!  Life is good, friends!
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Oh yes!
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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/3/2019, 6:30 pm

Just picked my last 2 melons:  the much anticipated True Charentais!  Fragrant and lovely, can’t wait to eat one, need to mow first...

Also picked (close to the last) 3 pattypans, 3 cukes, and a handful of cherry maters...hope i have enough summer to finish up my big maters.  Forgot to dig taters will need to do that this weekend.  

Will pull the South Annex this weekend, and give some love to the compost bin.
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Post  OhioGardener 9/3/2019, 6:53 pm

Cleaned out the cucumber & summer squash bed today, and topped it off with compost, rock dust, and humates. Then broadcast the winter cover crop of Winter Rye and inoculated Hairy Vetch.  The squash and cucumbers were done, so now the bed is ready for winter. The bed next to it is full of Butternut and Acorn winter squash, so it will probably be another month before I can prepare it for winter.

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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/3/2019, 8:39 pm

OhioGardener wrote:Cleaned out the cucumber & summer squash bed today, and topped it off with compost, rock dust, and humates. Then broadcast the winter cover crop of Winter Rye and inoculated Hairy Vetch.  The squash and cucumbers were done, so now the bed is ready for winter. The bed next to it is full of Butternut and Acorn winter squash, so it will probably be another month before I can prepare it for winter.
Nice. I am in the same boat as far as squashes for the most part...I think there may be some more (but not many) cukes...I think I am gonna make Sweet/Hot pickles with my last big hurrah of those cucumbers!!!  National and Chicago pickling varieties VERY prolific if you want to put some of them up!  YES!

Where do you store your winter squash?  And garlic/onions?  

My winter squash is Delicata, there are 2 out there yet but they are gonna be done soon.’’

Some of my winter sowing of crops are up (turnips and radish seedlings—surprise!) so we will see.  Will dig taters this weekend.  YUM!
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Post  OhioGardener 9/4/2019, 8:51 am

Scorpio Rising wrote:Where do you store your winter squash?  And garlic/onions?  

My winter squash is Delicata, there are 2 out there yet but they are gonna be done soon.’’

We have an unheated utility room that we use to store fruit, vegetables, and root crops. They keep well throughout the winter.  An important thing about storing winter squash is to ensure they are kept separated with good air flow around them - if they are stacked or stored in a basket against each other, they will spoil quickly.

In addition the many Butternut and Acorn winter squash, we have two very nice Cushaw squash, and four Red Kuri this year. Can't wait to dig into one of those!  Smile

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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/4/2019, 8:12 pm

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Scorpio Rising wrote:Where do you store your winter squash?  And garlic/onions?  

My winter squash is Delicata, there are 2 out there yet but they are gonna be done soon.’’

We have an unheated utility room that we use to store fruit, vegetables, and root crops. They keep well throughout the winter.  An important thing about storing winter squash is to ensure they are kept separated with good air flow around them - if they are stacked or stored in a basket against each other, they will spoil quickly.

In addition the many Butternut and Acorn winter squash, we have two very nice Cushaw squash, and four Red Kuri this year. Can't wait to dig into one of those!  Smile
I ordered and got Red Kuri too late to plant it!  Will be anxious about your review.  My basement isn’t that cool...it’s probably cooler than up here...I am just unsure.  I will figure it out.  I do have a fan down there!  

I have never grown those squashes, but this is my 2nd year for Delicata.  Nice texture and taste.  
Edible skin.  Keeps well but not long term!  

Keep notes!!!!
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Post  OhioGardener 9/4/2019, 8:34 pm

Scorpio Rising wrote:I ordered and got Red Kuri too late to plant it!  Will be anxious about your review.  My basement isn’t that cool...it’s probably cooler than up here...I am just unsure.  I will figure it out.  I do have a fan down there!  

I have never grown those squashes, but this is my 2nd year for Delicata.  Nice texture and taste.  
Edible skin.  Keeps well but not long term!  

Keep notes!!!!

We don't have a basement, so to paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, We do what we can, with what we have, with where we are.

You'll love Red Kuri! They have a sweet meat, with a hint of chestnut flavor. If you like squash pie, you'll absolutely love Red Kuri Squash Pie!  We get 4 or 5 squash per plant. They are heavy feeders, though, so you want to make sure the soil is rich with compost before planting.

Hint: If you are growing big winter squash, such a Hubbard, Red Kuri, or Cushaw, put a coconut door mat under the squash to keep it off the ground and getting too damp.

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Post  mollyhespra 9/4/2019, 11:16 pm

I thought winter squash didn't like cool storage. I've kept mine in the past inside a laundry basket in a spare (heated) room with no problems. Maybe I got lucky? thinking
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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/5/2019, 6:28 pm

Mollyhespera, I think you’re right....my basement is kinda like a crapshoot though...I will just do the best I can.  

OG, do you eat the flesh of the Red Kuri?  I appreciate your input a lot.  I hope the Sora radishes come up!  

Cool here, fall-like for a day or so yet.  Nice.  Watered my newly planted and not so great germinating squares...lol.  Days noticeably shorter.
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Post  OhioGardener 9/7/2019, 8:05 pm

Scorpio Rising wrote:OG, do you eat the flesh of the Red Kuri?  I appreciate your input a lot.  I hope the Sora radishes come up! 

Yes, we cook it just like the Hubbard or Cushaw, and then serve in chunks with flavored butter - just use a spoon to peel the flesh off of the skin.

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Post  OhioGardener 9/7/2019, 8:12 pm

The Summer Daikon Radishes (Minowase Summer) have done very well this year in spite of the hot, dry weather.  Pulled this one today since we needed some for salads. It measured 14" long by 3.75" diameter, and weighed in at 3# 13oz.   And, what has been eaten so far was delicious!

The raised bed is 18" high, and the Radish was using most of it!
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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/8/2019, 9:41 am

Wow!  That is a nice Daikon!  I am going to get my Yukon Golds, beets and carrots today.  Might put some spinach seeds in those squares after I get them cleaned out and amended.
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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/8/2019, 1:21 pm

Well, got my root veggies out and picked some more stuff too.   Put the South Annex to sleep and cleaned out the squash and melon vines (itchy)!  Quite a few of my carrots got stuck and I had to dig them out!  

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Post  yolos 9/8/2019, 6:51 pm

Scorpio Rising wrote:Well, got my root veggies out and picked some more stuff too.   Put the South Annex to sleep and cleaned out the squash and melon vines (itchy)!  Quite a few of my carrots got stuck and I had to dig them out!  

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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/9/2019, 9:01 am

yolos wrote:
Scorpio Rising wrote:Well, got my root veggies out and picked some more stuff too.   Put the South Annex to sleep and cleaned out the squash and melon vines (itchy)!  Quite a few of my carrots got stuck and I had to dig them out!  

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Thanks, it was!  Some of the carrots didn’t want to come out, I had to dig quite a few of them out!
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Post  OhioGardener 9/9/2019, 7:42 pm

Lots of tomatoes coming in - hard to keep up with them!

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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/9/2019, 8:59 pm

All I have basically had is the cherry tomatoes, OG.  Lots of big green ones out there...hope they can get some color!

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Post  OhioGardener 9/9/2019, 9:15 pm

I hope your big ones start ripening for you soon SR, the first day of fall is only 12 days away!   We are getting 3 or 4 Golden Jubilee a day, and 2 or 3 Brandywine a day (except today there were 4).  Both the red and yellow cherry tomatoes have gone crazy.

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Post  Scorpio Rising 9/10/2019, 8:55 am

OhioGardener wrote:I hope your big ones start ripening for you soon SR, the first day of fall is only 12 days away!   We are getting 3 or 4 Golden Jubilee a day, and 2 or 3 Brandywine a day (except today there were 4).  Both the red and yellow cherry tomatoes have gone crazy.
I know it!  Summer is running out; but I think the next few days of weather are going to prove us wrong?  Maybe that’s what they need?
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Post  OhioGardener 9/15/2019, 10:59 am

The Sweet Banana Peppers keep on coming in....

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Post  countrynaturals 9/15/2019, 11:54 am

OhioGardener wrote:The Sweet Banana Peppers keep on coming in....

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WAAAA! Mine never even sprouted. Sad
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