Post by @fbz@infosec.exchange

2026-09-27 22:34 UTC

this is my second year growing a genetically diverse mix of cucurbita moschata using adaptive gardening/landrace gardening principles. they thrive here in spite of the squash vine borers, squash bugs, and powdery mildew that plagues cucurbita maxima. i have a half dozen curing on a porch and another dozen still growing over my lawn (mowed weedy meadow). i eat them green in zucchini recipes and after ripe + a one month curing period, they are delicious and last for months, some all winter, in my garage. the pollinators do all the genetic mixing for me. i save seeds and they were triply as prolific in my kid's daycare garden as those pictured here in my garden. i only watered them the first few weeks after planting. most were direct sown and covered with plant cages, a few i seed started indoors. #gardening #moschata #squash #adaptivegardening

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@PermaSolarPotter@mastodon.green 2026-09-28 01:27

@fbz@infosec.exchange These look like a relative of the Seminole pumpkin which I'm just starting now. I've been trying them with limited success. This is my first time starting them in the fall. I have my fingers crossed.

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@fbz@infosec.exchange 2026-09-27 23:33

scenic moschata vines and other things in the garden right meow: can't stop won't stop self seeded matt's wild cherry tomatoes (i crossed them into a larger obligate outcrossing tomato this year, need to trial the seeds i got), gigantic sunflowers ripening, plum trees that have never bloomed are stress blooming (i pinched all the blossoms off of two trees worth and my dozen or so pre 1800s apple trees that are also stress blooming). #gardening #moschata #squash #adaptivegardening

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