Squash is coming along nicely at day 35 since direct-seeding in the Earthbox. The Eight Ball variety is winning the race at this point–seems much more vigorous that the other varieties. Second is probably Multipik, followed by Zephyr. The cucumber I planted isn’t worth mentioning yet–very slow growing at this point.
Now we just need to get some bees involved.
The Eight Ball squash is the early favorite
Multipik babies appearing
Zephyr -- two tone baby squash just visible
Earthbox Squash at day 35
Peppers are starting to take off. Very interested to see how they do in the Earthbox.
Peppers in the Earthbox
Bougainvillea shot--they're starting to bloom!
It is interesting to see the grow box and how well your plants are doing. Before long you will be picking squash. People grow in grow bags all the time in England. I don’t know if there is anything special in the bag or if we could do just the same thing here with a bag of miracle grow. Bet we could.
That’s interesting about the bags. I have seen potato bags that seem to be kind of the rage these days. I imagine they would work well for anything that would grow well in a container.
Bees are great but not essential. A tiny (clean) paint brush is all you need to hand pollenate blooms like squash.
Hey Darth, you are correct, but bees are easier
. I did some hand pollinating last fall (http://gardening.pineapplepalace.org/2009/09/hand-pollinating-squash/), but I was happy when the bees showed up and took over that job.
First flower opened this morning on an 8 ball, but no male flowers open yet
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