WHEW!
The yellow and zucchini squash are about to wear me out. It is unreal how much they are producing this year. I'm harvesting over a five gallon bucket every other day from a dozen plants.
I did something a little different this year. The squash was planted in individual hills in a circle- five plants per hill. Some 8-0-8 fertilizer was mixed in the soil with the seed. Then in the middle of the circle, a cup sized hole was made and filled about half full of 8-0-8 and covered with soil.
The new plants got off to a slow start, but suddenly it was if someone gave them a shot of some super stimulant. The plants shot up to about waist high with blooms galore. I'm assuming that their root systems tapped into the reserve fertilizer that was placed in the center. I'll try it again next season to see if I get a repeat performance.
Speaking of squash, I remember as a child of helping (lol) my mom "cold can" squash. We had plans to do that this year, but after doing some research found that it is not recommended to cold can squash because of the possibility of botulism. However, using a pressure cooker is OK but likely that the results would be a jar of mush. That left one option- freezing.
My tomatoes aren't doing very well- they have a case of blossom drop. Supposedly, blossom drop is the result of either of three conditions- high temperatures, high humidity, or too much nitrogen in the soil. Either way, there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it. THAT IS FRUSTRATING! Do you have any words of wisdom?
Til next time,
Poppy
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