But no matter, I have trombocinos coming in so there will be summer squash goodness after all without the burden of having to figure out what to do with a superabundance. Superabundance?? That is the stuff of dreams, lol!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Trombocino, Trombocino How I love You Trombocino!
Having had a phenomenal summer squash failure in the early summer, it is no wonder I am singing praises to my new favorite squash, the trombocino. No, I haven't gotten tons of them...yet. So far I've harvested two that got very large, yet when they are big they are still tender and not overripe, unlike typical bush zucchinis. But here are the newest:
These two long fellas should be ready for harvest in two or three days. And hiding there behind that large leaf is another up and comer! To say I'm excited would not be putting a spin on things. There are also several baby ones that I hope will develop. The downside of trombocino is that the vines are huge, so you really need a place for them to sprawl. The upside is that they are really quite resistant to all the nasties that like to attack squash.
All is not lost on the zucchini front either. My original 8 (yes, 8!) zucchini plants put out all of 3 small harvestable zukes. All the other babies rotted on the vine and then the plants got sick and died. Can anybody have any worse luck with summer squash? In addition I had two yellow squash plants that gave me 2 small squashes before they died. No glut at this place!
My second planting is starting to produce now. The small zuke you see above will be harvested today. It's the only one so far on the four plants I started from direct seeding in late June. The plants don't look super hale and hearty. In addition, I planted one yellow squash plant (the variety I use is called Saffron) and it is very healthy. So far it has surpassed my two earlier plants, having given us three squash. Lest I should get too cocky two days ago a strong gust of wind knocked this healthy plant over and partially split open its stem, but so far it seems to be surviving, although it would be just my luck if it didn't.
But no matter, I have trombocinos coming in so there will be summer squash goodness after all without the burden of having to figure out what to do with a superabundance. Superabundance?? That is the stuff of dreams, lol!
But no matter, I have trombocinos coming in so there will be summer squash goodness after all without the burden of having to figure out what to do with a superabundance. Superabundance?? That is the stuff of dreams, lol!
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I've always been afraid to grow another rambling squash plant. So I keep trying for real zucchini with greater and lesser success. The vine borers are hard to foil and they kill the plants pretty fast once they take hold.
ReplyDeleteI can understand that! You fit a lot into a small space! I have trouble with the svb's too but in this case my squashes got diseased. Even when they were healthy plants they just wouldn't produce. I am still working on soil improvement here and I think the disease was from the cucumber beetles.
DeleteI have a tromboncino this year and it is my most robust plant. I have the 8' trellis pipes up but need to get the netting installed soon. My other squash are poking along. I usually direct seed squash but this year I should have started them indoors. And isn't it a little crazy, planting 8 zucchini?
ReplyDeleteWell, yes David, for most people planting 8 zucchini plants would be a little crazy, but as you can see my track record with zucchini is not very good. Last year I did well with 8 plants, got plenty of zukes, but by no means the glut everyone else in the gardening world complains about. The year before I got one single zucchini. This year I got two out of those first now deceased plants. Out of the four second plantings I am up to two. Go figure!
DeleteI have never tried tromboncino as I don't have that much room and I have not had a lot of luck with zucchini the past couple of years. Nancy
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your bad luck with zucchini Nancy, tho a little part of me is glad I'm not the only one :-) You definitely need space or a good trellis for trombocino as those plants get huge!
DeleteThanks for the tromboncino update! Ours are a little behind yours, and still trying to figure out how far they can be taken for fresh eating.
ReplyDeleteGlad it could be of use! I'm not so sure myself of the best time, because they do get so big!
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