I am harvesting peaches, grapes, and apples by the basketfuls here. I also got a few zuchinni to grow! (So we let them grow really big!)
I really hope to get cucumbers like you are; I have hundreds of flowers, but not enough bees; I have only harvested 5 cucumbers so far. I would love to make pickles! I may have to try hand-pollinating them.
The second picture is purple hull cowpeas/ pinkeyed peas (they are like blackeyed peas 'cept only prettier!), also okra and green tomatoes, which were fried together in cornmeal! Yummy! Our fave!
My first zukes bombed after just a few. Something killed them that also hurt the pumpkins. I have a about 5 new zuke plants coming up and I'm hoping they will fair better.
My cukes are slowing down, but I planted a late batch that I hope will yield as the first, but I'm growing them on the ground, so far, unless I can get them up soon, they are growing faster than I can keep up!
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Donna,
What's in the second picture?
I am harvesting peaches, grapes, and apples by the basketfuls here. I also got a few zuchinni to grow! (So we let them grow really big!)
I really hope to get cucumbers like you are; I have hundreds of flowers, but not enough bees; I have only harvested 5 cucumbers so far. I would love to make pickles! I may have to try hand-pollinating them.
Brandy,
The second picture is purple hull cowpeas/ pinkeyed peas (they are like blackeyed peas 'cept only prettier!), also okra and green tomatoes, which were fried together in cornmeal! Yummy! Our fave!
My first zukes bombed after just a few. Something killed them that also hurt the pumpkins. I have a about 5 new zuke plants coming up and I'm hoping they will fair better.
My cukes are slowing down, but I planted a late batch that I hope will yield as the first, but I'm growing them on the ground, so far, unless I can get them up soon, they are growing faster than I can keep up!
How do you hand pollinate?
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