Sowing all things Cucurbit - 2020

[ameno]

All eight of my melons (four each of two different varieties), one of two watermelons, and one of two cucumbers are up now. The other watermelon and cucumber shouldn't be fair behind.s

Yet to sow squashes or courgettes

[quanglewangle]

Baby F1 cucumbers now have flower buds. Scratching my head over which pruning/support system to use - there seem to be lots: drape, modified umbrella... I kid you not.

[Vegi potager]

Well all things cucurbit are now in my HP today... they have about 30 days to get big enough to start being hardened off to go outside in the English sunshine

Courgette: all green bush
Cukes: Burpless, Beth Alpha and Dimant.
Summer SQ: Trombocinio, Sunburst and Patison Gagat
Winter SQ: Volskaya Grey, Angel Hair, Pumpkin Hooligan, Autumn Crown

[Sweet savory]

Have just sown courgette atena polka. Put to chit possibly past it potimarron seeds and (new) burpees butternut.

[Small pumpkin]

Oddly enough the above has changed somewhat!
So far I’ve got
Courgette de nizza - 4
Courgette zucchini - 9
Courgette zucchini gold - 7
Cucumber Beth alpha - 3
Cucumber carosello medio lungo pugliese - 2
Others will be sown later this month.

Small sugar pumpkin, tromboncino, summer scallop squash mixed ( yellow, green, white ). Now all sown.
Will be back with numbers once they’ve germinated.

[veggiechicken]

10 Tromboncino the other day!

Sown today in "strips" - all out of date seeds so a bit of a gamble!

Butternut Squash - Butterbush & Waltham & Harrier
Cucuzzi/Dudhi
Loofah
2 very old Scallopini Yellow Flying saucers.

All in heated propagator for a week. If no sign of life, they'll be replaced. Hope they're listening as its a warning.

[ameno]

My 8 melons, 2 cucumbers and 2 water melons are developing their first true leaves now. Getting awfully leggy, mind you. One of them is over 4 inches tall.

[Small pumpkin]

What’s the chances of Sparrow dropping in anytime soon? I’d love some spaghetti squash from the VSP. I even have something to swap! I don’t have to beg, borrow or steal .
As far as I can tell she’s not been in since November . Hope she’s ok.

Anyway while the forum oracles find an answer to my un-answerable question. I’ll go and search seed companies....... wish me luck.

[Small pumpkin]

I’ve found somewhere still selling seeds. I’ve got vegetable spaghetti on the way. It’s so exciting

[quanglewangle]

I've got CucumberCam up so I can monitor them while sipping a G&T.

http://fimblefowl.co.uk/uploads/2020/image3.jpg

Updates every hour, so I can stitch them together into an animation - if they survive of course.

[veggiechicken]

I’ve found somewhere still selling seeds. I’ve got vegetable spaghetti on the way. It’s so exciting

I'm sure I have some somewhere if you get stuck! There were some in Random seed parcel, I think, but they've been sent somewhere.

[Small pumpkin]

I'm sure I have some somewhere if you get stuck! There were some in Random seed parcel, I think, but they've been sent somewhere.

Thanks VC . I should be fine. There’s just a bit of a delay on processing & delivery. Still plenty of time for sowing.

[smallblueplanet]

Sown summer & winter squash:
Courgette Fiorentino - is no-one else sowing this? A really tasty 'ribbed' courgette.
Courgette Clarion f1 - a 'Lebanese type'
Early Summer Crookneck
White Custard pattypan
Uchiki Kuri squash
Blue Kuri squash
Black Futsu squash
Butternut - Butter Bush
Squash - Cha Cha
Tromboncino
Cucumber Beta Alpha

[quanglewangle]

I have a flower on my Baby F1 cucumber. How long until there is fruit?

It's in a very well sun-lit greenhouse with minimum night-time air temperature of around 10C

[Bren In Pots]

Yesterday's sownings.

Cucumbers:-
Beth Alpha
Tasty green

Courgettes:-
Romanesco
Tonda di Piacenza
All green bush
Black beauty