We planted Spaghetti Squash this year in the interest of saving money....
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Would planting your garden under a mesh sunshade to diminish the intensity help? What about planting adjacent to the north side of your house so they'd be in shadow during the hottest part of the day?
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I've tried planting on the north side, but the house is situated such that there is no real yard there. Sunshade may work, and I will probably try it next year, but the monsoon winds here during the growing season run 40 to 70 mph; I'm going to need a sturdy frame. :doh:
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Roger Wright wrote:
but simply the intensity of the sunlight.
I have heard that spreading out a cloth under the squash help there.... I am thinking of trying that next year.
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I may try that. It's a toss up, though. Light cloth will keep the soil cool, but it will also reflect more heat upward into the leaves. I've been trying lots of mulch, but it has a dark color and I'm not sure it's helped much. This is the first place I've ever been where even zucchini shrivel and die in a mater of hours! I kept them well watered, but it didn't help... :sigh:
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I've tried planting on the north side, but the house is situated such that there is no real yard there. Sunshade may work, and I will probably try it next year, but the monsoon winds here during the growing season run 40 to 70 mph; I'm going to need a sturdy frame. :doh:
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Roger Wright wrote:
but the monsoon winds here during the growing season run 40 to 70 mph; I'm going to need a sturdy frame
we have already discovered that thunderstorms roll even multiple 2 pound fruits around the yard, I need to weight the big one, I think its about 4 lbs and it still gets moved by the storms.... I tried anchoring the plants, but the anchors were pulled up.
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Uros Calakovic wrote:
As long as they leave the spaghetti alone ...
I wouldn't know, I only have the squash and plums at the moment... They aren't large enough to get at the plums, so they've only become annoying recently. Nothing a few foot traps and a handy gun won't solve. Then you have some meat for the sauce.... Jackalope taste more like their cousin rabbits than venison, but that isn't too surprising.
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El Corazon wrote:
I wouldn't know, I only have the squash and plums at the moment
I'd let them have the squash. I am very particular who I allow to nibble on my plums.
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I may try that. It's a toss up, though. Light cloth will keep the soil cool, but it will also reflect more heat upward into the leaves. I've been trying lots of mulch, but it has a dark color and I'm not sure it's helped much. This is the first place I've ever been where even zucchini shrivel and die in a mater of hours! I kept them well watered, but it didn't help... :sigh:
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Roger Wright wrote:
I kept them well watered, but it didn't help...
Make sure to water at dusk. Watering when there is sun can cause the water to heat up and damage the plants. I used to live in a location where the temp got up to 110 or so and didn't have any problems (though I think there was partial shade during a portion of the day).
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Uros Calakovic wrote:
Not knowing what Spaghetti Squash was, the first thing I thaught when I saw the title was this.[^]
I don't know anything about the spaghetti tree hoax.... but the damn desert Jackalopes[^] are annoying, they get into your crops and eat almost anything.... they love the squash plants....
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El Corazon wrote:
they love the squash plants....
Maybe they're looking for tomacco.
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I've tried planting on the north side, but the house is situated such that there is no real yard there. Sunshade may work, and I will probably try it next year, but the monsoon winds here during the growing season run 40 to 70 mph; I'm going to need a sturdy frame. :doh:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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El Corazon wrote:
they love the squash plants....
Maybe they're looking for tomacco.
I need an app that will automatically deliver a new BBBBBBBBaBB (beautiful blonde bimbo brandishing bountiful bobbing bare breasts and bodacious butt) every day. John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Richard Jones wrote:
tomacco
I think this is quickly turning into "how many hoaxes can you get in one thread?"....
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I guess it depends on whether you enjoy working in the garden, and if you're kept too busy with other things or not. The material cost of my garden is definitely substantially less than what I'll get from it over the season. However I have put in about 2 workdays of work on it, which after taxes and self employment taxes could have earned me a little over $200 - meaning a net negative. But to me the time spent was a refreshing break from my work - and I did most of the garden work during a period of time that was a lull between work projects, so I couldn't have been earning anyway.
J. Dunlap wrote:
But to me the time spent was a refreshing break from my work - and I did most of the garden work during a period of time that was a lull between work projects, so I couldn't have been earning anyway.
That is something I never thought of when I was much younger. I ended up as a gardener after failing at phone sales and satellite TV sales... which were the largest two jobs for students at my Votech. I ended up looking for work on my own rather than their placement center, and found a gardening job for an apartment complex. I never thought I would say it, but it was one of the best jobs I ever had. There are still days I miss it. :-D But I will admit that now that one member of our group has left, I don't "need" gardening as much as a calming release. :laugh:
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IS there any room on the east or west sides; you'd get some level of shade there.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Dan Neely wrote:
IS there any room on the east or west sides; you'd get some level of shade there.
We planted on the west side at a 6 foot stone fence, and two trees (one ours, one our neighbor's). Squash flowers open with the dawn sun and close before the heat of the day hits to protect the flowers. This also protects the plants from the harshest afternoon sun at the planting site.... of course the 10' vines are now everywhere, so protecting the fruit has become pretty moot. :laugh: The large leaves of the plant offer some protection.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Richard Jones wrote:
tomacco
I think this is quickly turning into "how many hoaxes can you get in one thread?"....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
But it's not a hoax. It can't be, it was in 'The Simpsons' :-D
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But it's not a hoax. It can't be, it was in 'The Simpsons' :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
Henry Minute wrote:
But it's not a hoax. It can't be, it was in 'The Simpsons'
And I've taken many pictures of Jackalope? ;P Mine aren't hand drawn. ;P
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Uros Calakovic wrote:
Not knowing what Spaghetti Squash was, the first thing I thaught when I saw the title was this.[^]
I don't know anything about the spaghetti tree hoax.... but the damn desert Jackalopes[^] are annoying, they get into your crops and eat almost anything.... they love the squash plants....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Was that also taken near the Roswell crash site? :laugh:
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Was that also taken near the Roswell crash site? :laugh:
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Tom Delany wrote:
Was that also taken near the Roswell crash site?
Geologically speaking? Geographically speaking? Culturally speaking? Astronomically speaking? eh... I am a short distance away, spent most of my life in the same state. :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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given the $2.50 - $2.99 price per pound for a 2-4 pound squash can run us up on $$, we decided to plant the seeds.... I should post photos next weekend, the plants are taking over the side of the yard we test planted them in... we have about 10 squash growing right now from 8 plants, one is larger than anything ever seen in the store and its still green.... (maybe I shouldn't have used the gardening tools made from the metal from the Roswell crash site).... We probably have $100+ of squash and the vines are still growing everywhere.... Next year we're going to do it right.... run drippers up to a raised rock area at the back of the yard, and plant them a good portion of the 80foot of yard.... Still, I think its going to be a good year for Spaghetti Squash! :-D In the beds we're using for squash now, I'll clean them out and plant carrots and onions.... Now the irony.... When I was growing up, my great-grandfather had his entire back yard planted with vegetables. He rotated his crops, and harvested enough for himself and family. He had no back yard except his "garden". His wife canned and preserved anything that could not be eaten fresh. I used to think it all silly as a kid, when it was all at the store and you just had to buy it.... I can see me as an old man bent over harvesting my crops already.... oh the irony....
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
I'm jealous. With some ground bison, onion and canned tomatoes it makes an awesome paleo pasta. We are trying to go high density with square foot gardening and it is paying off well. With all the vermiculite and peat moss it uses, the soil holds up really well to gardening in hot and dry weather. We had tomatoes for the first time after 3 years of trying, and canned up 10 jars. I'm really beginning to appreciate the taste and quality of the homegrown stuff myself.
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