Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
Bit of a dilemma with the Uchiki Kuri (Japanese squash). They need another few days in the sun but the nights are much colder now. Dare we risk leaving them in the tunnel? We decided to remove about half of them, the ones that had already detached themselves from the vines and we are curing them indoors in the old farmhouse. There are about 20 of them altogether.
Next year I will grow more Uchiki Kuri as they require a slightly shorter growing season than the butternut squash (about 100 days) and can tolerate a milder summer (not a problem this year as it was hot, sunny and dry). As for the butternuts, we have picked a few and are curing them in the farmhouse. They can go to the Slow Food Fair in Mangs Gård at the end of the month. Leaving the rest in the tunnel for another week or two as the Fiskars Slow Food Fair is at the beginning of October. I removed quite a lot of leaves from the vines so the fruits get more direct sunlight. The daytime temperatures are still up in the 30s Celsius. We have over 200 butterrnut squash :-) We also have a dozen or so Small Sugar which are a nice size but still quite green. The other pumpkins: Tom Fox and Atlantic Giant are outside the polytunnel - they are HUGE and gradually turning deep orange.
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