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To: sockmonkey

Well, no luck on the spiralizer, noodler, or whatever makes zoodles, tromboodles, or cuzoodles! I’ll have to keep looking.

Surprise in the garden this morning .... my largest “baby T” was in full bloom! Evidently, the female version of the T flower looks like a baby squash for a good while and then it blooms! I was wondering how I ended up with a baby T and had not seen it bloom before ... today was the day! The other blooms I’ve seen previously have been on a regular stem and just fallen off - male blooms, I guess. I saw an article on T’s that said the male blooms are very popular at farmer’s markets with gourmet food types, but are rare/difficult to find.

Here’s something you might find ‘interesting’ ..... cucuzza blooms, even if not bright and showy, must be ‘sweet’ because they evidently make great honey! ( http://www.cucuzzasquash.com/honey.htm )


148 posted on 06/18/2014 9:01:19 AM PDT by Qiviut ( Dave Brat was “Eric Cantor’s Term Limit” BOOM!! Yes, We the People CAN vote the b@stards OUT!!!)
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To: Qiviut
Surprise in the garden this morning .... my largest “baby T” was in full bloom! Evidently, the female version of the T flower looks like a baby squash for a good while and then it blooms!

Since you have tons of bees, I hope they pollinated it today. I've been saving male pollen from my T's, and Cucuzzi on q-tips. Now that they are over the top of the cattle panel, I have to stand on an 8 foot ladder for some.

I'm glad we get so excited about our squash. I swear I'm treating them like my pets.

149 posted on 06/18/2014 10:22:17 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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