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Powdery mildew on Waltham butternut squash (September 23, 2024)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, I started my cucumbers, squash and cucamelons: four slicing cucumbers, six pickling cucumbers, two zucchini, three butternut, three delicata squash, and a six-pack of cucamelons<\/a>. I always plant two seeds per cell (except for the zucchini), and thin them after germination to leave the strongest one. I won\u2019t need as many seedlings as I started, and I plan to give away any extras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few years, I have been battling fungal diseases in my garden plot, specifically mildew<\/a> with the cucumbers and zucchini. The cucumbers in particular have been succumbing early in the summer to disease. So, over the winter, I did some research on disease-resistant varieties and decided to only plant mildew-resistant curcubites<\/a> this year. By selecting resistant varieties, I hope to extend the harvesting season. For slicing cucumbers, I went with Diva<\/a><\/em>; for pickling cucumbers with Max Pack<\/a><\/em>. Both are resistant to downy mildew and powdery mildew. For Zucchini, I went with Costata Romanesca<\/a><\/em>, a striped Italian heirloom that is resistant to powdery mildew. For winter squash, I opted for Waldo<\/a><\/em> butternut and Bush Delicata<\/a><\/em>, both resistant to powdery mildew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Downy mildew<\/em> on Waltham butternut squash (August 2, 2019)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also looked into the tomatoes<\/a> I am planting this season. Three of the eight varieties that will go in my plot are resistant to several diseases: Stupice<\/em> (late blight), Black Krim<\/em> (unspecified \u201cdisease resistance\u201d), Green Zebra<\/em> (late blight, Septoria leaf spot). So is Mountain Magic<\/em>, a cherry tomato I am growing for the communal bed, which is resistant to early and late blight as well as several types of fusarium wilt and other fungal diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three Green Zebra tomatoes and other goodies harvested on September 8, 2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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