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Re: Garden layout question

Several people have affirmed that the problem is only second generation
(seeds)
and in fact my copy of Rodale's Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening agrees.
However, my experience last summer when I planted small sugar pumpkins next
to spaghetti squash (seeds direct from mail order company) I ended up with
some pumpkins that were distinctly stringy inside like spaghetti squash (and
some that were normal). The fruit was standard pumpkin orange and standard
shape.
If this isn't a cross-pollination problem, what could have caused it?

For myself, I'm going to keep my summer squash and winter squash as far
away from each other as I can this summer.

Melissa

At 11:27 AM 2/8/97 -0700, you wrote:
>At 03:59 PM 2/6/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>I am planning the layout of my garden.  Somewhere I have heard that
>>pumpkins can cross pollinate with other veggies.  I want to plant
>>cucumbers, acorn squash, zucchini, and pumpkins next to each other.
>>Will this arrangement cause a problem?
>>
>>
>>Tom
>>
>Only if you're saving seeds.  Margaret
>
Melissa Silvestre
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