Re: Transplanting zucchini

nope it isn't a gourd though I know what you are refering to I grew them
PLECK!! did not taste like a zuccini.. LOL
Maybe I said the name wrong..But  I have some and it is a Italian bush
marrow..LOL

On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 08:50:26 -0700 Margaret Lauterbach
<mlaute@micron.net> writes:
> At 07:25 AM 12/6/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >The paper forms a bottomless container.
> >The soil will fall out so you need a tray..I recycle the meat trays 
> from
> >the store.
> >I don't have  a problem growing zucchini from seed here but I do 
> have one
> >with any winter squash with a date to harvest of over 100 days.   
> The
> >peat pots are bad I tried those before too with almost exactly the 
> same
> >results as you. With paper pots once the roots grow into the soil 
> the
> >root ball pretty much holds the soil in the cylinder and when you 
> go to
> >plant the pot is just starting to decompose.  What you have is a 
> nice
> >root ball with some paper that will degrade in the soil. Unlike 
> peat pots
> >that will still be attached to the roots when you pull the squash 
> in the
> >fall.  I also don't grow zucchini .  i grow cocozella Italian 
> Marrow
> >squash finding it very resistant to the squash vine borer and 
> squash
> >viruses and funguses that plague that family.
> >The marrows are very good and the yield is great..
> >I can sow in late April an early may and harvest a good crop 
> beginning in
> >late July too.
> >This year was a cold and wet one here in New England and I still 
> got
> >plenty of squash and I have one in my fridge still so they can be 
> kept
> >too. LOL  Unlike zucchini that get mushy in the fridge after 
> awhile..This
> >one I let get fairly big. 14 inches long But I am saving it for 
> zucchini
> >bread (c: > As with all summer squashes eating them small is the 
> best
> >way.. Smitty
> 
> I dislike peat pots, but they do have their place.  When you plant 
> them, 
> pull the bottom apart instead of relying on the roots to grow 
> through.  They wick water away from your plants while growing 
> (before 
> transplanting).  An alternative is to use one of those plastic berry 
> 
> baskets that have numerous holes for the roots to penetrate. 
> Watermelons do 
> not like transplanting, and some people successfully use those berry 
> 
> baskets in which to start seeds.  Use coffee filters to hold soil in 
> them.
> 
> Your Italian Cocozelle "squash" I think is really an edible gourd.  
> Edible 
> gourds do seem to be resistant to squash vine borers according to 
> friends 
> who live where those borers are a problem.  Tromboncino and 
> Lagenaria 
> gourds are good when eaten young.  Margaret L
> 
> 
> 


Bruce Smith A.K.A smitty
Thyme On My Hands Gardens and Wildcrafting
co-owner of wildcrafting
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