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SQUASH sa PUMPKIN xx VEGETABLE Three varieties of giants you can grow in your garden: the Black Diamond watermelon, the New Guinea bean and the Hungarian mammoth squash. Includes planting instructions and information on where to get seeds. A look at planting and harvesting squash. Harvesting, storing and cooking with pumpkins and winter squash. Includes 4 recipes. How to grow winter squash. Experimental archaeological gardening. A description of growing traditional Indian varieties of squash, corn and gourds in the high plains of southwestern Colorado in a manner similar to that used by the Anasazi a thousand years ago. A world of squash beyond zucchini. A guide to four major groups of squash and general tips on growing them. Tips on growing squash in containers. Tip when mulching around cucurbits (squash and cucumbers) to avoid decay around the base of the plant. How to hand-pollinate cucumbers, squashes and melons. Tips on raising kuta, an all-purpose squash. Tips on growing both summer and winter squash. A guide to identifying insects that attack cucumbers, squash, melons and pumpkins and how to control them. Squash blossom cuisine. How to grow Butterblossom squash for its large, edible blossoms. Includes three recipes for using them. Spaghetti squash (Cucurbita Pepo), its characteristics and culture. How to follow Iroquois' "Three Sisters" tradition and plant corn, pole beans and squash together in a hill. Squash, its varieties, characteristics and culture. How to hand pollinate and how to harvest and save seeds. Secrets of raising "hugh" prize-winning squash. How the "Swan White Table Queen" squash was bred. Includes detailed information on plant breeding in the home garden. One-a-day squash. Advice on planting summer squashes sparsely and picking diligently so they are eaten while young and tender. Beauty and the bounty. Advice on raising space saving squashes. How to grow America's favorite vegetables. General guidelines and specific instructions for beans, beets, corn, lettuce, peas, peppers, radishes, squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Tips on fertilizing and watering vine crops (squash, cucumber and melon). Saving squash seeds. Step-by-step instructions. Tips on controlling the squash vine borer. Proper procedure for picking, curing and storing squash. Beyond plain old zucchini. A guide to the variety in summer squash. Advice on using flowers and baby squash as culinary delights. Winter squash for tight quarters. Seven compact varieties described. Includes advice on fighting the cucumber beetle, squash bug and squash vine borer. Squash ring. Circle made from small piece of soaker hose serves as a watering ring for a circle of squash plants. Squashing squash bugs. Prevention and control. A description of a squash vine borer's life cycle and an approach to thwarting them in the garden. Squash. What to grow, how to grow, what to watch for, and how to harvest and store. How to plant, harvest and cure acorn and butternut varieties of winter squash. A look at a Cherokee Garden. Tips on planting corn, beans and squash in the fashion of the Cherokee Indians as practiced at Ocunaluftee Village in North Carolina. A look at ancient crops for desert gardens by Gary Nabhan and Richard Felger of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The crop plants of the Southwest American Indians that are being retried include Blue maize (Zea mays indurata), the tepari bean (phaseolus acutifolius), the Hopi sunflower (Helianthus annuus), the Pima squash (cucurbita mixta) and the devil's claw or unicorn plant (Proboscidea parviflora). A report from a Kansas gardener on how to make a 36x24-ft. corn patch produce a multitude of vegetables. Through interplanting from March through August the patch was used to grow radishes, lettuce, peas, spinich, beets, turnips, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, onions and squash in addition to corn. A look at growning spaghetti squash. Tips on cooking included. A look at growing Asiatic winter squashes. Sakata, Kikuza and Hiyuga varieties are discussed. Article covers preparation of the soil, mulching, curing and hardening-off. A summary of winter squash varieties and general guidelines for growing squash. How to grow Hubbard squash where the growing season is short. How to hand pollinate squash flowers or cucumbers. Special tips on telling the male from the female flowers. How to remove squash borers from the stalk by cutting them out without killing the plant. Tips on raising Scallopini summer squash. How to trench-grow cucumbers, melons and squash. A look at growing a variety of winter squash. How to raise the custard marrow squash. Tips on raising Turk's Turban squash. Midwinter 'melons'. How to grow a winter squash with the subtle taste of melon. Tip: Use wood ashes to protect squash and melons from the stem borer. How to hand pollinate squash. Summer squash until frost. Frequent picking and borer control will keep zucchini, pattypans and crooknecks producing. Tips on timely replanting of squash to extend the harvest season. Tip: Use dryed squash seeds for birdseed. Tips on selecting and raising winter squash. How to build and set up a trellis system for squash. Selecting and raising winter squash. Pruning will increase squash yields. Tip: Mothballs planted around squash plants protect them from squash vine borers. Summer squash: a guide to varieties and suggestions for controlling squash vine borers and cucumber beetles. Staking zucchini keeps it in bounds. Includes tip on hand-pollination. Field trials of seven compact varieties of squash. Tip: A presprouting method for melon, pumpkin, cucumber and squash seeds. "Oasis method" of irrigation for raising squash. Tip describes starting members of the squash family in ricotta-cheese cartons that convert into protective collars at planting time. The squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae), its description and control. The squash bug (Anasa tristis), its description and control. Recipe for a squash bug repellant. Saving seeds for the next season. Specific advice on tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, squash, eggplants and cucumbers. Includes advice on hand-pollination to insure the resulting plant duplicates the parent. Tip tells how to fall-seed garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, melons and squash. Summer squash. Varities of note and their culture. Tips on strategies for thwarting pests and diseases. Tip suggests using aerosol shaving cream as a barrier against squash vine borers. Summer squash (pattypans, crooknecks and zucchini). A guide to the most productive varieties. Corn, beans and squash. The traditional Native American intercropping technique to grow the "Three Sisters" is described. Tip recommends using a medicated petroleum jelly chest rub containing camphor to fight squash vine borers. Advice on attracting more pollinators for a zucchini patch and tips on hand pollination. An explanation of mutant zucchini in which the blossom end appears to be open. Winter treats from the garden. A guide to longkeeping winter squashes. Tips on cultivating, harvesting and curing them. Advice on the best ways to control vine borers, squash bugs and cucumber beetles. A look at the new varieties of summer squash. Tips on growing, harvesting and storing them. How to train melons, squash, and gourds to grow on trellises. How to raise Sunburst squash. New squash of the zucchini and scallop type. Tips on selection and growing. Suggestions on growing tomatoes, cucumbers, pole beans, peas, squash and melons on a fence or trellis. | |||||||||
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