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.
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