tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post7884265110097983182..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: The sex-life of the MarrowMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-46366176172500276592011-06-04T16:14:21.818+01:002011-06-04T16:14:21.818+01:00Every year I am fascinated by how LARGE the embryo...Every year I am fascinated by how LARGE the embryo fruit is on a female flower. It looks ready to eat before the plant even opens the bud! I may try your manual pollination trick -- the first few squash to develop are sunken from low pollination in spite of the beehive nearby. Maybe there wasn't a male flower open at the time.Appalachian Feethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565166088691325412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-19528771782471748892011-06-04T16:11:21.717+01:002011-06-04T16:11:21.717+01:00I had the same question as Ali. Thanks for the baw...I had the same question as Ali. Thanks for the bawdy pollination lesson! Last year we lost all of ours to vine borers. Hopefully this year will be better!David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941257262332056194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-13705612448759375032011-06-04T07:25:52.369+01:002011-06-04T07:25:52.369+01:00Ali, "Marrow" is the name of the plant a...Ali, "Marrow" is the name of the plant and its fruit. Zucchini / Courgettes are basically Marrows bred for harvesting young.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-38023741723055393832011-06-04T06:20:08.180+01:002011-06-04T06:20:08.180+01:00Mark, you need to get out more :p
What exactly is...Mark, you need to get out more :p<br /><br />What exactly is that last one... you say marrow, but I don't actually know what a marrow is???Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072118694728610270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-19181425172532689262011-06-04T01:34:39.783+01:002011-06-04T01:34:39.783+01:00Thank you for the detailed pollinating tutorial. I...Thank you for the detailed pollinating tutorial. I'll try this the next time around.Anita Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902981126493850669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-73365848388026998922011-06-04T00:11:21.457+01:002011-06-04T00:11:21.457+01:00I do that same method with pumpkin and Zucchini he...I do that same method with pumpkin and Zucchini here as we are a little short on Bees as well as all the rain we have been having. It is a wonderful method and most successfulOne step at a time in the Sub Tropicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077817710822665701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-16023637324777452011-06-03T23:22:12.685+01:002011-06-03T23:22:12.685+01:00Ha. Very informative... and entertaining.Ha. Very informative... and entertaining.veggiegobblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455990251167385168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-56760012930810256572011-06-03T22:24:48.965+01:002011-06-03T22:24:48.965+01:00Hope you have many happy unions this whole coming ...Hope you have many happy unions this whole coming summer,fall with cucurbits.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-62113573282897379712011-06-03T21:57:19.583+01:002011-06-03T21:57:19.583+01:00Becky; did you see Ali's post about tomatoes e...Becky; did you see Ali's post about tomatoes earlier today? It seems that the more care you give your crops the less well they will perform. Neglect seems to be the best policy!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-36614175507436999432011-06-03T21:47:34.193+01:002011-06-03T21:47:34.193+01:00I have trouble getting any summer squash to produc...I have trouble getting any summer squash to produce here yet my neighbor can throw it out in her yard in an old kiddie pool with old dirt and get bunches of squash and she never even has to water them! I don't know what I do wrong, lol.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.com