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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7

Someone has a bird feeder in the area. I live in a vicinity just outside of a good sized city where there are still large farms planted with corn, cotton, winter wheat, and soybeans. This year, one of these farmers planted acres of sorghum for the first time.

It's right next to the road and I've enjoyed watching it grow. Sure did look like corn when it was young. It has now formed large, full seed heads and I'm wondering why I haven't seen huge flocks of birds swarming the fields.

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exmar

Yep. Always see that growing around birdfeeders if you can't mow under them.

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tcstoehr(8b Canby, OR)

Delicata would not be a good climber. They sometimes go up and over other veggies in my garden but have never voluntarily climbed up much. They have no tendrils so you would have to provide support. My Maximas, on the other hand, have easily climbed to the top of my 8' cedar hedge. The vine on the left keeps is having problems only because the hedge's branches can't support the weight of that squash. But the tendrils themselves are plenty strong.

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pattypan(z6b CT)

gee, my 'DELICATA' does have some tendrils. and it is bigger than i've read. now i am stumped ! whatever it is, i hope it's tasty.

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drscottr(7)

I've had soil tests that are all normal for trace elements. Do you still think that would be helpful?

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wayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana

green-go, Bingo. You got it !1 If and when the plant declines in vigor, the packed in tastiness declines.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK

And if/when you do finally take the tops out make sure to eat them. They are delicious and have their own flavour. They're sold here as a separate winter vegetable from the sprouts themselves.

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Jim's(6 East end of Long Island)

I had brussel sprouts in the spring that did squazoo, all summer they sat and grew. They are now over 4' tall and have big sprouts up the stem about halfway and then decrease until tiny tiny at the top. Our spring here was warmish and then bam, right into mid summer in temp. I guess it inhibited the growth. I was patient, actually didn't need that specific space, and it appears I will get produce after all.

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Shule(about 4a)

I found this potentially lapsed patent: https://www.google.com/patents/US6031158

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galinas(5B)

I grew both last two years - Perfect pick and Cavali under cover. May be it' me, but more then half of the fruit ended up rotten or misshaped young. This year I had to take the cover off due to some other issue, and production became much better, until they died due to SVB. I also planted tromboncino this year, and I think this is what I am going to do from now on. It survives SVB, cucumber beetles, groundhog, and powdery mildew. It has its damage, but keeps to grow and producing. I grow it vertically, so it doesn't take more space, same as zucchini would. The taste is different, but i like it. It is less watery, and has no seeds other then very top of it, that you can just cut off. Next year they go on the wider bed with trellis then this year, so I am planning to plant three plants on trellis, and 3-4 regular zucchini in front of them and keep them under cover until they start flowering or over grow cover height. After that I will enjoy about a month of regular zucchini, until tromboncino started to produce, the SVB will take the zucchini, and tromboncino will have whole bed to enjoy)

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galinas(5B)

they also could be Sweet pimento apple - they can be red or yellow.

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ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PA

I grow Lunchbox peppers, from Johnny's Seeds. I've been growing them for about 3 years, and they're awesome.

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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)

P.S. When you harvest them, rinse them off in water with a little bleach added, in order to sterilize the skin. They'll last a lot longer that way.

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marketgardener

Thanks for all the advice everyone. One other question: do you folks cut off the water supply to the squash once vines start to die back? Or is that not necessary?

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Emily Saba(5)

Sorry but I cannot figure out to post a question on Garden Web. Where do you do this?

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rgreen48(7a)

Hi Emily... go here... GardenWeb Forums A-Z

Then find the subject forum that most closely fits your question. Look carefully, some aren't titled as conveniently as one might like. When you open up the appropriate forum, there will be a typing box that says... "Example title..."

Type your question title there.

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Type the body of the question and upload photos/vids there.

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illiveggies

@mmiesse - let me know if you end up creating an account - I can transition this plan to your account. Its free for this season. The account will provide you with the list of activities and weekly email reminders.

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illiveggies

@mmiesse - how has the season been? If you have been tracking your harvests, would love to see how much you harvested.

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Please see the various Trading and Exchanges forums for posts such as this. They were created so that the discussion forums don't turn into trading forums.

I linked the Seed Trading forum for you below.

Dave

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/the-seed-exchange

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nancyjane_gardener(Zone 8ish North of San Francisco in the "real" wine country)

Do you have a seed exchange/library/bank in your area? We have several in our county, and the seeds are from plants grown in the area! So you are pretty sure they are organic and will thrive in our area.The seed exchange I go to actually has a huge seed garden, tended by volunteers and located at a church that also gets some of the produce for those in need.

They also have speakers who have classes on seed saving, growing certain veges, composting etc. Everything is volunteer. I can't do the physical gardening stuff beyond my garden, so I give seeds, altoid mini tins along with a sharpie for marking them for the seed days. Might look into that in your area! Nancy

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Julia Blama

I have 2 types of melons growing in my garden. Sugar Babies and another I've forgotten what they were (lost tag) but my sugar babies have only grown just over the size of a softball and vine has browned and dried out, still connected to the fruit but haven't gotten any bigger. Are these considered trash or what can I do to help them or have better results next year? The other melons in the garden have also seemed to stop growing, although a few smaller ones have started to grow

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Julia Blama

Picture didn't post but here they are

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charlieboring

My artichokes did not survive the winter in Northern VA, so I am going to try again this next spring. I intend to start my seeds in mid January in my basement, under lights, no heat pad. Anyone have advice?

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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)

Fasciation.

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Nitsua(6b MO)

There's a jumbo gumbo in your future. Never seen anything like that before.

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molly619

It has already opened yellow blossoms! So it is no good? No part of it is now edible? Can I let it go to seed and use the seeds? When? My daughter planted it in my raised planters and didn't really now what it was supposed to look like or exactly what it was!

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fear267

When the flowers open, the "broccoli" part (flowers) gets bitter. It is still edible (as are the leaves- which are bitter too).

To eliminate the bitterness (at least for the flowers), boil it for five minutes. Then put it in ice water for a few minutes. Finally, drain well. This is called bleaching.

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Good job Charlie. You ought to tie this to your previous discussion on this last spring so folks that pull it up can know about the results too.

Dave

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