I got this from the nursery after my dog dug up one of my other squash, it was late in the season and the pickings were slim so I just grabbed what looked best and put it in the garden in a hurry - throwing away the tag in the process. I thought that it was some kind of heirloom zucchini but it has turned out quite different.
It has a climbing habit and has grown right up a couple of neighboring sunflowers, the leaves are covered with a soft fur.
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It has white, star shaped flowers and blooms in the evening in flushes every few days. The flowers open in the evening and stay open all night, then usually shrivel up by the time the day heats up.
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The fruits are long and skinny, and slightly furry.
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And they grow quite long.
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I wonder if anyone knows what kind of squash it is, and how large I should let them grow before harvesting them?
Cool, thanks! I looked them up and one source says to harvest when they are 6"-8" long and another when they are 10"-12", but both agree that if you let them get too big they turn bitter. So I guess I'd better start harvesting!
My squash have taken a beating this year but still produced more than any other veg in my garden... I had some in a raised bed that was protected from gophers but not dogs, and some more in the ground in a fenced-in area that was protected from dogs but not gophers. So the dogs and gophers have been trading off killing and injuring the squash so that I never have more than one plant producing at a time
Next year I want to put in more raised beds and put a good fence around them all to protect from both dogs and gophers.
My squash have taken a beating this year but still produced more than any other veg in my garden... I had some in a raised bed that was protected from gophers but not dogs, and some more in the ground in a fenced-in area that was protected from dogs but not gophers. So the dogs and gophers have been trading off killing and injuring the squash so that I never have more than one plant producing at a time
Next year I want to put in more raised beds and put a good fence around them all to protect from both dogs and gophers.