[stub] Botanical Information Taxonomy History Physical Description Varieties & Cultivars Categories or Types of Summer Squash Colors Available Varieties (link to ../category/cultivars/tag/Summer Squash) Growth Requirements Climate & Temperature Requirements Air Temperature Soil Temperature Humidity Day Length or Light Requirements Site Conditions Favored Soil Requirements Soil Texture pH Nutrient Requirements Propagation Methods of propagation Seed Division […]
[stub] Botanical Information Taxonomy History Physical Description Varieties & Cultivars Categories or Types of Winter Squash Colors Available Varieties (link to ../category/cultivars/tag/Winter Squash) Growth Requirements Climate & Temperature Requirements Air Temperature Soil Temperature Humidity Day Length or Light Requirements Site Conditions Favored Soil Requirements Soil Texture pH Nutrient Requirements Propagation Methods of propagation Seed Division […]
This is a great side dish, but I like to make it with tofu to make it a one-dish meal. Warm, caramelized and savory meal; good for cold fall or winter nights.
I was looking for a way to cook some of these huge winter squash that I’ve been growing – without having to use a hatchet to cut them open – and found these recipes. thekitchn.com’s method of roasting a whole winter squash for 20 minutes, then cutting into it to scrape the seeds worked fabulously! […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Sources: (where to buy) Results from My Garden: 2014: used seeds saved from last year’s harvest. It appears to be a hybrid: leaves are definitely typical Tahitian (dark green, big, with white stripes radiating out […]
Also referred to as: Spotted Cucumber Beetles, Striped cucumber beetles, western striped cucumber beetle, southern corn rootworm, Western corn rootworm beetles Acalymma spp., Diabrotica undecimpunctata Physical Description: Light green to yellow little beetles with stripes or spots (very much like a ladybug, but with yellow-green instead of red background). Striped cucumber beetles can overwinter in […]
The seedcorn maggot (Delia platura) is a pest that eats seeds and seedlings, and is prevalent in the spring after a wet period. It is in the same genus as the cabbage maggot, and looks the same. It is also known as the larva of the bean seed fly. It is abundant in California, primarily in […]
The genus Delia is a group of flies that are pests to many agricultural crops, primarily in their larval, or maggot, stage. Many individual pest pages redirect here. Physical Description Egg eggs are small and white (~1mm) some of the species’ eggs are slightly curved with a bluntly rounded end Larva Cabbage Maggot images from Google […]
Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that effects many types of plants, and is fairly easy to manage. It causes poor growth and lower yields, but seldom kills the plant. There are many different species of powdery mildew that cause the disease on many different species of plants. See list of species and their […]
Quick Intro Physical Description Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Erwinia tracheiphila (only in cucurbits) Lifecycle Plants Affected Cucumbers Squash Zucchini Melons (not watermelons, though) Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant Leaves Flowers Fruit Roots/Tubers How to Positively Identify Treatment Prevention & Control […]