Pickleworms first appeared in the United States in 1869 when they were discovered inside pickling cucumbers, hence the name. While this caterpillar does attack cucumbers, it prefers summer squashes, like yellow squash, zucchini, and pattypan (scallop) squash. It will also attack other cucurbits like cantaloupe, pumpkin, winter squash, and sometimes watermelon, although it is…
What Do You Do With Acorn Squash? Let's face it. Acorn squash is not the first thing you think about when you think about winter squash. (Hopefully, if you have a garden, you are thinking about winter squash.) Butternut squash, on the other hand, seems to be the favored squash,…
Acorn squash are members of the cucurbit family, as are cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, melons, patty pan (scallop) squash, and gourds. They differ from summer squash in that they have a thicker, non-edible skin which makes it possible to store them during the winter months. Hence, they are categorized as…
Some vegetable plants, like cucumber, zucchini, and squash, have both male and female flowers. Pollen from the stamen of the male flower must be transported to the ovary (which looks like a miniature version of the fruit) on the female flower. This usually occurs courtesy of bees and other pollinating…