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Well that's depressing - picked the first two squash this morning, but only because the voles have eaten the plants' roots so there is just a mass of dying foliage on the surface and a neat round hole where the stem used to be
Gherkins have finished (five jars pickled)
Plants numbers (updated 13/8/20) -
Cucumber - Burpless Tasty Green (6 - now only 3), Piccolo di Parigi gherkin (6 - now 9)
Courgette – Verde di Mlano (2 - now 4), Golden (1 - now 2), Tromboncino (1)
Melon – Charentais Cantaloup (3)
Squash/Pumpkin – Crown Prince (2), Marina de Chioggia (1), Golden Hubbard (was 2 now 1), Spaghetti (2), Strawberry Crown (single plant destroyed by voles before fruiting), Butternut (1), Connecticut Field (1), Jumbo Pink Banana (1). Plus 4 (now 2) unknown pumpkins on Hugel Bed.
Harvest Running Total -
Cucumber Burpless Tasty Green = 47
Cucumber Gherkin Piccolo Di Parigi = 92
Courgette Verde = 31
Courgette yellow =17
Trombo = 2
Golden Hubbard = 1
Jumbo Pink Banana = 1
Gherkins have finished (five jars pickled)
Plants numbers (updated 13/8/20) -
Cucumber - Burpless Tasty Green (6 - now only 3), Piccolo di Parigi gherkin (6 - now 9)
Courgette – Verde di Mlano (2 - now 4), Golden (1 - now 2), Tromboncino (1)
Melon – Charentais Cantaloup (3)
Squash/Pumpkin – Crown Prince (2), Marina de Chioggia (1), Golden Hubbard (was 2 now 1), Spaghetti (2), Strawberry Crown (single plant destroyed by voles before fruiting), Butternut (1), Connecticut Field (1), Jumbo Pink Banana (1). Plus 4 (now 2) unknown pumpkins on Hugel Bed.
Harvest Running Total -
Cucumber Burpless Tasty Green = 47
Cucumber Gherkin Piccolo Di Parigi = 92
Courgette Verde = 31
Courgette yellow =17
Trombo = 2
Golden Hubbard = 1
Jumbo Pink Banana = 1
Has Anyone Seen the Plot?
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France