About a week ago, reading about squashes, I decided to plant some Delicata squash seeds. Delicata is a pepo species squash, so on saving seeds will need isolation from Zukes which are also pepos.
One seed germinated from the packet. I dont think they were all that old. Maybe two or three years? Anyway, where one seed germinates, there is hope and that can be all it takes.
One of the Pink Banana Squash attempts has finally yielded seedlings. This is from seeds that I saved from last year's plants. No way to know until the fruits form, if they are pure PBS. My home saved seeds were bigger and plumper than those I bought in previous years. Maybe that's a factor. If the newest ones or other attempts grow, I'll also plant those seedlings.
PBS is a maxima species squash, so last years squash might have mixed with Kuri, Galeux, or Kabucha which were nearby at the time. Those genetics will be easy to spot, if that is the case.
This is potentially a good squash year. I already have seedlings I the ground, growing vigorously. I didn't expect that for two or three more weeks.
