Re: Cucumber vs. zucchini cross pollinating

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Well how far away can you plant things from each other  when you have three little beds in a little back yard?? Have the plants read about this stuff? Will they just blindly produce for us anyway if we don't tell them about it? I would rather not know all this stuff sometimes- things grow better for me when I just compost them and talk nicely to them. Knowledge may be power- but too much information makes me worry- -my melon ,cukes and Zuchinni are all in one bed-!  Will I get nothing -or something like a cukinni melon? Poop! they are already in there- I am going to let them be-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: b*@sprint.ca
To: s*@listbot.com
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: Cucumber vs. zucchini cross pollinating

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Bob-- Apparently the cucumber, zucchini, summer and winter squash, pumpkin, etc. are from the same family: curcurbits. My books say they will cross pollinate and it will mess up the zucchini. (I would imagine it would also affect the cucs too but it does not mention that.. Anyway I have separated my cucs and zucchini by about 50-55 feet in my yard. The zucchini will grow with the sweet peas and sunflowers while the cucs will be in the sqft garden proper part-way across the yard.
 
Sounds like you have had no problems with zucchini and cucs in the same garden. Is that right? Anybody else with experience on this topic?
 
Have a great Easter,
bill missen.
----- Original Message -----
From: j*@jps.net
To: s*@listbot.com
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: sorry I missed the chat.

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Enjoy your garden journal messages. Think you have the same problem I do with Chat. They talk at 10 Eastern time, which is 7 here in California and 8 if you're Mountain Time. I always remember the 10:00 hour, just not that it's Eastern Time!!!  So at 10 California time it's 1 AM Eastern and the rooms empty.
 
Could you post more about the interplanting problems you find with cucumbers and zuchinni.  With the limited space in the SQFT garden they usually end up close to one another in my garden.  Maybe I've been having problems and haven't realized it!!!
 
Bob in Sacramento
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Missen <b*@sprint.ca>
To: s*@listbot.com <s*@listbot.com>
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: sorry I missed the chat.

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Friends,
 
I logged on to the chat line for just a minute tonight (at 11:15 pm) but found myself alone . Then I realized it was way too early for 10:00 PM eastern time (I live one zone east of the west coast).
 
Maybe when I am able to stay up longer I will get to chat with you all another time. Have a great day and enjoy your time together!
 
bill missen.
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