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prairie du sac wi

I have exparimental 700+ squash plant that has ben outside
for over a month now testing out one of my coldframs.allready i have a masive and agressive plant thats just to pritty to kill,so i was thinking i might be able to stress the amount of N i give the plant through the hole part fo the season to keep it from flowering early.
what do YOU think? ? ?can this plant make it till the end of the season?I live in wisconsin. thanks!

5/2/2002 12:49:12 AM

Connecticut, USA

I have never heard of stressing a plant in order to prolong its life. I would look for an early weigh-off in your area.

5/2/2002 6:42:00 AM

Bemidji, MN

Instead, why don't you just pull any flowers off and not let it pollinate any fruit until the time comes to actually put a fruit on. YOU can control fruit development by pulling the flowers off. Most likely your plant/fruit will be done growing about 1 month befor weigh off anyway, why not let it do it's thing and shoot for the state fair instead, Steve

5/2/2002 8:33:14 AM

Utah

squash the squash... ie- yank it
-and put something orange in there !!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
(just waiting for the replies from the squash guys )

5/2/2002 10:13:49 AM

canal winchester ohio

Leave the squash plant alone & ignore it ( give it a little water, fertilize it when you have nothing better to do & prune it only when it's sunny outside & you want to work on your tan).
Meanwhile plant a orange one & give it all the care you can, spend hours on that plant & at the end of the season take your largest to the weighoff.
I would be willing to bet you will be taking the squash.

How's that Hoss ....
:)
Paul

5/2/2002 10:52:49 AM

Choctaw, OK

caton.

fruit growth here in WI usually ends around sept 15th, depending on the weather and what contraptions you might have set up to make a non-natural environment to prolong growth.

if you want to keep it alive do so, and then just pick off all the flowers untill it is a good time to set a fruit. Since you started early, you will probably be setting a fruit way out on the main, depending on how long you have it run.

it is up to you, experiment since it is experimental....set a fruit in a couple weeks, see how long it grows. An early fair would be a good choice if you set a fruit early.

I will start my seeds today or tomorrow, depending and how much time i have and they will go out next week.

casey

5/2/2002 11:40:40 AM