Easy fix for powdery mildew: Cut away heavily diseased leaves. Then, mix 1 tbs of baking soda + 1 tsp organic olive oil + 1 tsp natural dish soap all in 1 gallon of water. Using a sprayer, spray tops and bottoms of leaves, stems, and vines. Works like magic!
My dads mom would make cushaw pies & I absolutely ❤️’d them! She would use lemon flavoring instead of “pumpkin spice” (which I do not care for at all) & usually made them crustless. She made butternut & pumpkin pies too the same way with the lemon flavoring. One time I asked her for her recipe but she said she didn’t have one because she just “throws them together”. However the next time I visited her she gave me a written recipe because the next time she made one she measured the best she could so she could give me the recipe! 😊
I grate kabocha squash and fry them like potate latkes with shrimp on each patty. i serve them hot, golden brown,. Served with malt vinegar for dip. Yummy!
We ended up growing 20 Cushaw Pumpkins from our compost pile. Made pies and just roasted some to eat. I am going to make bread with one today. Love your videos!
+Yvonne H. (Von) That's awesome, Von, and please give me your recipe! My two are still sitting here. Hope they are okay. Was working off the other squash. Please share a recipe on Late Bloomer Show on Facebook!
Thanks for the video. My wife wants me grow some Kabocha squash. I think I'm too late to start this year but I'm going to plant some seeds from one she got from the grocery. Its May in Texas, already in the 80's. We'll see how they do.
Hello!! Yes, I learned quickly after uploading this I was mispronouncing it. Thank you! Thanks for subscribing! I'm thrilled you are watching from Osaka!! I will mention you in an upcoming video, so stay tuned!!
How lovely. They looked so yummy. I can't wait till I can get out of Florida and back to Tennessee where I know I can actually get something to grow. Your video's keep me dreaming of that big garden I can have when I get moved. I am shooting for next fall to get moved. Thank you for all the wonderful video's Kay. They keep me dreaming.
I just love the area around Mountain City in Johnson County but anywhere between there and Nashville is good. I am looking for mountain land, nothing to flat. LOL
+Mumbai Balcony Gardener | Avid Life Observer Oh, so sweet of you to say! Well, it's going to be even longer before #80 comes as these house repairs have distracted me and I haven't even started it. Then there will be a long two month hiatus while I try to raise money to continue in Season 5. Thanks so much for your support. Please share! Tripling my subscribers is just the first step to sustainability. :) xoxo
I planted kabocha two summers ago. It was bearing fruit more than I could hope for. My joy did not last long when pests/bugs called squash vine borer decided to make home and feed on my kabocha vines. I am planting two or three this time in my greenhouse. I plan to hand pollenate them.
+Cultivating Organic by Jo & Mig Good idea! If I've had the borers, I didn't know it. I've got to figure out what to look for as I planted a lot of squash this year. Thanks for watching and let me know how it goes! It's so nice to cut down bugs in a greenhouse. I just bought a little one with four shelves and plastic cover and I've kept bugs off. Once I release them to the outside my precious babies will get attacked.
I did several videos on what their eggs looks like and where to look for them. As I do not use chemical pesticides, I also describe how I tried to overcome them. Wasn't easy, almost a losing battle.
Your squash turned out beautiful. That doggone mildew. That is what finally put a stop to my giant pumpkin's growth. I would be begging for seeds from both of your varieties but I just don't have enough sun to grow them. It is a whole different ball game here in the mountains.
We put in a few kubocha squash , they are now bigger than a basketball and a lovely shade of orange , Jonny's seeds are mystified as to what they could be , just we will try them and find out.
Lovely video and beautiful harvest! I have always been a little hesitant to grow squashed because of their common issues with powdery mildew and squash bugs. You have inspired me to try them again this year. I actually have some sort of winter squash sprouting in my compost pile in the sunken garden right now. Perfect timing based on the time you have planted yours. So I am hopeful. Looking forward to make some delicious tempura like yours!
Kaye, another very, very good video! I have grown Kabocha at different years and you are right, it is very good as Tempura. Its interesting that the rind or skin is so hard and tough but becomes so tender after cooking, that it can be eaten.
Thats just wonderful every time i grow Kabocha my vines get so much powdery mildew! It looks all good in the beginning then it dies off i will be trying again & hopefully get some Kabocha! 👍🏼
+Cheryl cummings Right! I could hardly count the number of fertilized female flowers in the beginning. In retrospect I was very lucky to get what I did. I'm going to have to come up with a new strategy next year, and not let PM control my garden. Thanks for watching and your support!
+Iky C Yes, I tried that in the beginning on zucchini. It's just too prevalent here. And on roses, I would get other diseases. Because it doesn't freeze here I have all these spores carrying over from year to year. And the more white powder that I allow to get on leaves makes the problem worse. Thanks for your suggestion, though! I know that would be helpful to some people. Please share this episode with friends and help me grow Late Bloomer. Thank you!
I make a pie filling with the squash, similiar to pumpkin pie filling. put it in a baking dish, and add a white cake, add a mix of nuts, brown sugar and oatmeal, bit of cinamon. bake a wonderful suprise.
Those are very delicious looking Squashes Kaye. The presentation and production was excellent. I have enjoyed all your Video Kaye because the content, presentation and production was always fantastic and compulsive watching. Please see private mail. All the best for now. Patrick
+Patrick Meehan Thank you so much Patrick! I really appreciate your support and sharing Late Bloomer. I would like for a lot more folks from UK to watch. Many thanks and happy holidays! Kaye
+TheOntarioGardener Thanks, Jake, my pal! Thanks for reminding me who I sent them to! LOL Really appreciate your support and wish you and wife and animals a wonderful holiday! xoxo
i've been buying the kabuchas at the store and eat them whole just steemed, they are deliciously sweet, but i think at the store they may selling them green because the stems were still green and not too hard. I plant them first time and i got one done last week and i was going to cut it but i'll wait for it to dry and brown a bit more.
That is awesome! I grew it again but only in pots and they didn't get as big. I only have one plant left and there's a baby on it. Fingers crossed. Hope you enjoy it! They are beautiful to look at. Thanks for watching!
Nice video! I live in Japan and my wife is Japanese. Kabocha is amazing. We are having kabocha stew for dinner tomorrow. Thanks for the tips. I might try growing them next year. Your pumpkin tempura looked delicious. Growing up in the u.s. I never really liked pumpkin. The sweetness of the Japanese squash is soooo good though.
Oh, it's great to hear from Japan! You can search Eli Kelly on YT as he is American living in Japan and growing an amazing garden. Tell him I sent you. I'm presently in Sicily and headed to Pantelleria tomorrow and film a vlog for my channel. Hope you subscribed!
+Bob Lt (BobMel's Gardening) Thank you Bob! Really appreciate your support! It will be a few weeks before #80 comes out, been caught up in repairing termite damage to the house and crack in foundation and a hundred other things. When you find a good remodel person, you have to seize the day and get everything fixed.
Great tips, just planted my first batch of kabocha and had no idea i had to pollinate🤓. A tip for the leaves, am not sure if u are into juicing...they are super nutritious and delicious if juiced or fried with onion and oil as a veggie side, just the way u would spinach. Trimming down the excess leaves prevents the overcrowding and mildew issues as well too.
Hey, Helen, I missed this comment till now. Well, you don't have to pollinate if bees are doing their job, it's just I have just a few plants, sometimes only one of a variety and it's rare the male and female blooms open on the same morning. I did not know this about the leaves, very interesting! I have mildew issues, it seems, no matter what I do. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
What a GREAT video! So impressive! And I was wondering who the terrific camera person was. It's YOU! Seriously, this is awesome stuff. And informative. And funny! You rock, KK. Personality and beauty and talent and A FELLOW FARMER!! I LOVE YOU!!!
+Karen Tarleton You make me feel so good! Thank you! I'm looking forward to home repairs being done this week, so we can start to work! love you back!!!
Hi Kaye, Love this series! I'm wondering if they would do well in large pots. BTW, I convinced my hubby to let me tear out more grass to build 2 raised beds. I've also started some moringa seeds you graciously gave me, hoping they sprout soon. Now to buy some fall seeds. Thanks Kaye.
That's awesome! I was literally opening Premiere Pro to start on your vlog when this notification came in. I'm glad you are expanding your grow area. Did I tell you how to plant moringa? I'm afraid I might not have. Moringa has a very long taproot and do best started in the spot where you intend for them to be planted. They do not transplant well, and suffer EASILY from too much water. If you see the leaves turning yellow and falling off, hold off watering for at least a week and let it recover. If you cannot plant them in the ground right now, it is best to plant them in a 14" tube that is 4" in diameter, cardboard is best as you can plant that right in the ground. I made the mistake of using perforated drainpipe, which was fine till time to plant. i had to carefully cut the pipe top to bottom on both sides, set it in the hole (yes you will have to dig a hole at least 14" deep and fluff up and compost the soil) and slip out the two sections of plastic as I was filling in the hole with dirt. If you have any questions about this, let me know but I guarantee if they sprout, once they are 3" tall the taproot will be wadded up in the pot. Hopefully you went ahead and planted them in 4x6" nursery pots or deeper. Good luck!
Kaboka squash taste good i had a friend that made it and i tired it i had seen your video a couple of days before she had made it. I asked her did she keep any seeds an she didnt i told her she should have so we could have grew it . i got her started in garden last year
Thank you, Joyce!! I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) I hope you will find lots to enjoy. I just returned from a Kentucky trip and have Parts 1-4 online, very inspiring women! Please check them out!
I’ve got some kabocha seeds that I’m going to plant next week and I’m hoping for a good harvest since our weather is going to be warm for about 3 months 🤗🌻🌝
+CragfireGardening Thanks, Joe! Still haven't cooked either. Working off the second pumpkin. All the other squash is gone. Next up, cushaw. How are things in your garden?
We're headed into winter here, so not much going on outdoors. In the grow tent though I have a cherry tomato and a pepper started. Gearing up to a mass-pepper seed sowing for the first day of the new year - then things will get more exciting. :)
I am new to this site, but not knew to growing.... I live in zone 7 at 5000ft in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains... yes I get LOTS OF SNOW! I am a homesteader, I raise my food and preserve it for winter use. my gardens are constantly changing as well.... I am curious how many you are feeding in your family and I did see where you sell off extra plants... but what do you do with all your harvest?
Wow! Congrats on being able to raise your food and preserve it t 5000'! When I started the channel and started gardening (I didn't know anything and started from scratch in 2012), my older son was already at Stanford. So there were just three here. They don't like squash (except pumpkin) or eggplant and will hardly eat a tomato or pepper. And I don't really have time to cook and preserve now, making videos all the time now that RUclips's algorithm changed. So... I feed myself and two others occasionally. I give a lot to my Friday housekeeper and to Erick who's been my Thursday garden man for two years. I don't have enough to sell, except for pineapple guavas and figs and that only for a couple of weeks of the late summer, so basically I give the extra away. I love growing it, though! I hope you find lots to enjoy on my channel! Check out my recent harvest vides to see what's been coming in.
@@Latebloomershow I am 53 and started homesteading when I was 18. Raising 3 daughters in the gardens and with animals... often helping with the butchering (never name your food) I also have a medicinal garden for making my own medicines. Foraging for wild edibles is a weekly activity in the spring and summer.... I am happy you share your bounty. And I enjoy your channel.
I'd love to grow Cushaw, but here on TX Gulf Coast, the mildew would kill it by June or July. It seems the only squash I can get away with growing, is zucchini, and yellow squash, and they only survive when I plant in late Aug., making them a Fall crop.
Interesting! I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) I've never tried starting summer squash late in the summer. All the plants I have are covered in mildew and I keep spraying. Not one female flower in two months. I just plant some seeds just to see if it works!
Thanks a lot for your wonderful video! But, OMG, can kabocha spread that much? I just got 7 kabocha little plants, I thought i have enough space for them, but obviously I am wrong. Can you please let me know how much space (long x wide) does one kabocha plant take? Thanks a lot!
winter squash takes over but I wouldn't chuck plants just yet. You don't know which are going to do better than others. You never know how much they spread as it depends on good soil, weather and BUGS. l hope you will join me now in my HUGE Tennessee garden. Left CA in 2020. I had a lot of big squash the last two years here. Sometimes they can climb. Kabocha doesn't get too huge that you might be able to put in some trellising to get them off the ground, but I'm convinced they do better in the ground. Enjoy! I wish I was growing them this year. Nothing is better in Japanese stir fry than thin slices of kabocha.
Hi Kay, it's been a while. I really love this video, especially since, I too, am growing cushaw squash for the first time this year. I've been laughing at your video, I must confess. My ONE cushaw plant has taken over at least a fourth of my front yard... and still going. I was told to wait, and to let the squash end dry out before picking it, since it's supposed to be a winter squash. I wish you could see it. I will weigh the largest one once I pick it and let you know, but would be surprised if it's not at least 30 lbs. There are a total of 7, maybe more on this vine. The other ones are nearly as big. Am so glad you're showing videos of what you're doing at home. I love what you do. Sorry this is so long.
It's so great to hear from you! That's AMAZING! Please take a good photo of it and post on Late Bloomer Show on Facebook. I am presently in Palermo, Sicily, and going to the island of Pantelleria for a few days. Home on the 6th. Hopefully I will have a few vlogs from the trip, but I'm not used to the heat and I'm finding it hard to be creative. I'm eating foods I never eat at home (bread, ice cream, pasta). Take care!
Love your video especially the cooking of the kaboca tempura. I bought a kabocha from vege shop, tried growing the seeds but no success. Is it because these market kaboca are not mature when harvested?
+tulasiTao No, I don't think that's it. They wouldn't put it out in the store to buy till it's mature to cook and eat. I think it's more probably because the seeds have been modified. I recommend ordering organic or heirloom seeds from a reputable seed company. Start off right! :) Are you in the U.S?
Hi, I planted kabocha in the wrong time, it's getting cold in Ontario around 10c, is there any way I could save the plant indoor for spring transplanting? Thanks!
love this video. in my late summwr garden..spaghetti squash has not turned yellow yet. Do i have to wait until they are yellow to harvest. or that curly vine to dry out completely.
Thank you!! My theory is as long as it's sheltered with leaves it stays light and only gets dark yellow when the sun is hitting it (thus it is light on the underside that gets no light). All my leaves were gone by the time I harvested. No I don't think so. In general, if you cannot pierce the skin with your fingernail, you can harvest. However, you may want to wait 3-4 weeks to actually cook it and let it mature.
Oh, you are so lucky that works. It's never done anything but give a couple days reprieve for me. How often do you spray and what are your proportions? (BTW, I just found this comment, along with 100 others that I never saw!)
I mixed 1-10 full cream . sprayed well I think I had to do it 2 times in the whole season which is now ending never had that much zucchini ever looks like I am getting bitter or the soil ??? love your show love your attitude
Thank you, Kathy! I had so much mildew this year, and we sprayed a variety of things. I hope you check into my channel again soon. I have a terrific Kentucky series I'm finishing up that I shot in July.
Oh My God! Me and my sweetie pie is in America😄 Thank you very much Kaye😊 My kabocha didn't have Powdery mildew i dont know why maybe it is resistant and thank you very much that you created a resistant Kabocha(im not sure yet)I will grow again next year and if it is, i will send you seeds😉 Very nice Video, i love it👍👍👍
+Garden Diary (GrowOrganic) You are so sweet! I doubt if I created it, it's probably just your climate. Does it freeze where you are? Thanks so much for the seeds. Please share this video with Germany. :)
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show Yes its freezes here here where i live is Zone8b and we have long winter and we also have late frost and hale😀 A good timing and a greenhouse is needed😀I've already shared 👍 Loren
+Garden Diary (GrowOrganic) My pleasure! I look forward to trying the seeds you sent, though I have no idea how or when to plant some of them. I'll be in touch when my garden is ready for more seeds.
i really like your videos. they make me happy. do you have a lemon or an orange tree? i really want to have both, but it is hard to make them grow here in the Philippines so i just content myself watching videos of people harvesting them.
+morena moreno Thank you! I have one of each. They are small. Here is my first post on my blog about my lemon tree: www.latebloomershow.com/2012/09/15/my-little-lemon-tree/ and you will find more on my blog about them. They grow so slowly I have never created an episode. Please subscribe to my blog if you like. Thanks for watching! I have a friend in Philippines and was sent some seeds. I'm trying to grow Moringa, but I don't know if the climate is right, also just seeded jute, and white flower and mix straw flower, and I have some beans to direct seed later in the spring. I'm glad you are watching! Hope to hear from you again.
Wow! That's good! Moringa has numerous health benefits. I saw a video of a moringa farm in the US, but i don't know what state that is. With squash, we usually cook it with coconut milk and string beans, or into tempura but we shred it and top it with shrimps. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos. They brighten up my day
+morena moreno Good to know. I will get some coconut milk and try this. But the winter squash will be gone when I have green beans. I hope to have some summer squash.
great video, love my winter squash. kobochas are not as good quality as the heirloom buttercup. they are both delicious. the kershaw is a big squash and average quality. thank you. plant more squash.
Thank you! I think I agree with you about the cushaw. I have not tried heirloom buttercup. I get so frustrated growing squash here because I just don't get enough sun, and so much powdery mildew, very high maintenance. But, I can't resist. I just bought seeds for the winner at Heirloom Expo this year, very unusual. Also, I've been recommended to another variety that is more resistant to PM, I'll give that a try as well. If I only had more space! Thanks for watching!!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show my pleasure mam, space huh, yes, I room, just haven't expanded yet. at the farm we have gulleys fed by springs. I just plant them and let nature take over. lots of squash and pumpkins. wild. you have a very nice channel. thank you. htgde.
+TheArtOfMakingLife Well, it's hard to explain in a little banner that goes across, but my meaning is any fungicide that is approved for organic gardening, and believe me, I've tried everything, from vinegar, to Neem, to baking soda to milk. When I find a solution that is really effective, I will post it. What do you use in Spain? Of course, you can find Neem, which seems to work the best, but I don't love using it.
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show In Spain we use Neem Oil or a mix of water and potasic soap. It's organic. I've tried it in numerous pests and the potasic soap seems to work pretty good, but it doesn't seem to work on powdery mildew.
Hi kaye, very nice video of the squash. I wonder if you know if I can grow kabocha on a container? i actually just planted it maybe a month, it grow pretty nice, the stem get quite thick .. so wondering if i need to move it to ground or ok to plant it on container to get result :) Thanks
I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) No, as I stated in a video last year, cucurbits don't like to be moved. They would be happiest sown directly in ground, but if they are grown in a pot and the pot is at least 3-5 gallon, I would not move it. Of course you will need to give it some liquid plant fertilizer, say, once a month during the vine growing phase, if grown in pots.
Asiangarden2table on RUclips is a good place to learn pruning of many veggies. She doesnt grow kabocha, but does do a lot of different vines. Your squash looks very tasty. Happy planting!
I just found this comment, along with 100 others that I never saw! Thanks for the tip. I will check out her channel. Thank you, and happy planting to you! I hope to hear from you again soon!
It was and I missed growing them this year. With my perennials getting so much bigger, I have even less sun for annuals. Still I managed to grow three small pumpkins in containers.
Hello and thank you heaps for your video, I have a question, if you are American January is cold isn't it? I'm from Queensland Australia and we are in the sub tropics
hey k I love your videos I was wondering I'm growing kabocha squash this year and even though it's been a couple of months I still don't see any blooms do you know what the problem might be
How did your squash turn out last year? I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) Getting blooms is quite mysterious, I feel. I have had many male blooms in the last two months and no female, therefore no squash. I didn't try kabocha this year but wish I had! Thanks for watching! Tune in again!
Where do people find these seeds , I live in Dubai and the only melon seeds u can buy is watermelon , nothing else . I want to try growing these cool stuff and none of the online stores ship over here
+EXPLOSIVE DESERT GARDENING I don't know, +Mumbai Balcony Gardener just took a trip to Dubai. Maybe she has some suggestions for you. I don't have many melon seeds, just one variety which I would be happy to send you some seeds. From watching her video of flying into Dubai, it looks so DRY, sand everywhere. How do you maintain a garden? Thanks for watching! I'm thrilled to add Dubai to my list of international garden friends. :)
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show I really appreciate your offer but I can manage , I just wanted to know some outlets , that's all . As for your question about how I grow in Dubai , the only possible answer is to work 3x extra on your plants and figure out what works well I failed constantly for 2 years and this is my third year where I am actually getting successful (soooo excited). Thanks for asking
+EXPLOSIVE DESERT GARDENING I admire your tenacity! I'm so happy you are finally getting positive results. Thanks so much for watching Late Bloomer! Please post a photo at Late Bloomer Show on Facebook of your garden.
+The Autonomous Gardener Yes, I still have the big cushaw sitting on my coffee table. The beige is starting to yellow a tinge, so I need to get to it soon. We cut the other one last week and cooked it for a pie, but I got an intestinal virus and didn't eat or cook for four days! It's still in frig after a week! I hope it's still good. You think?
+Katherine Detres Yes, it is normal. Sometimes mine are blooming before I even plant them in ground. That doesn't mean those will get pollinated and mature. They may drop off. But don't worry. You have bees? What's the temperature? Bees don't fly unless it's at least 50° F. Thanks for watching! I started a Vlog of my trip to Vancouver, if you are interested. I hope you will watch!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show You can also fry the squash flowers coated in a little tempura and eat them, delicious! You will only have pollination IF you have a male AND female flower open the same morning AND bees are present. You will probably have more male flowers than female, so might as well eat them if no female flowers are open at the same time.
+Katherine Detres Oh, that's great! The morning you see a male and female open, use a swab or dry lip or paint brush and dust the pollen from the male onto the female to double your chances of pollination. Or let the bees do their job. The female is swollen at the bottom. It will shrivel and drop off when it's about 2" in diameter or less if it is not pollinated. Have fun! You are way ahead of me!
I love your videos Kaye! However, I can't help but to point out that Kabocha isn't pronounced as ka-bo-ka, it's pronounced just as it is spelled ka-bo-cha, the end syllable sounding like the cha in Charlie. Please keep on uploading more lovely videos!
+Sarah Zaifullizan Thank you Sarah! Yes, I was corrected by another viewer. I guess I never said the word out loud to anyone and thus it didn't occur to me. Now, I know, LOL! But can't do a thing about it in this video now. It is what it is. I will try, Sarah, but as I come to the end of 4 seasons, I must raise money to start another season. If you love Late Bloomer, consider making a donation to keep the content coming. Thank you! Donate link under video. Thanks again for your lovely words.
+Ben Erickson Thank you, Ben! I appreciate your support. Please help me to double my subscribers by sharing with a friend. Many thanks! (I haven't forgotten your seeds. I had to order some seed envelopes....)
+fastfowler Parkour I don't know because I'm assuming you could have some rough weather there. What zone is it actually? They need the heat of summer and long sunny days, so maybe. You should try. Can you access seeds? Thanks so much for watching! I hope you will share Late Bloomer. Thanks!
i might have a go but if its not a success then i will maybe go them inside or something. I haven't looked for seeds so if they are avalible then i will try.
You could seed it inside in January and move to outside after your last frost. Yes, I do have and if you send me your address in a private message, I will. Find the message tab on my About page on my channel.
I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) THIS year I had a few volunteers that came up from adding my worm compost to my containers, and I planted some varieties I found last year that are more resistant to mildew. I still had a ton of mildew and have only produced three small volunteer pumpkins. What about you?
+The Autonomous Gardener right. Well, I didn't produce that many and the cinderella pumpkins were starting to go bad, so we had to cook them by Christmas. But the cooked pumpkin is in the freezer. We don't have AC and it got pretty hot in the house in the fall in fact it was 85 inside at night in October. YIKES No cool place to put them.
Not really, I just use them for pumpkin pie. I usually cut them into cubes and steam them until soft enough to mash, use a potato masher then an immersion blender to get it smooth. then simmer until reduced to the right consistency. Since cushaws are big, most of the puree gets saved in the freezer. Good luck finding the right recipe, and on your next growing season.
Thank you so much! I would love an immersion blender, don't have one. I'll try it your way. I have one more cushaw and need to cook it. Thanks for watching!
Hope it works out for you. It might be worth a video. Be prepared for splattering pumpkin stuff. I always make a big mess of my kitchen when making pumpkin pie.
Hi, I planted a kobocha squash and it grew a lot. I did not know the thing was so big. I have about 10 fruits at different sizes. But I do not know when to harvest them. I don’t want to loose the harvest. Is there something I should do to feed the plant?
No, not now. Just let it finish growing. You can tell when the vine dies back that the fruit is finished. Don't forget to cure them in a cool, dry place for a month before cooking! If you get 10 squash from one vine, that would be amazing! It's never happened to me.
+Permaculture Prepper Thank you so much! It's more perennial now and less annual, and I had way more pineapple guavas than I cared to eat. So, I've got to see how things shape up. I could use some help! :) Please share and help me double my subscribers, my goal to continue to Season 5. Thanks!
My Cushaw is still growing (zone 5), first time growing squash, I am hesitate to harvest them...facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1110256872373448&set=pcb.1110257475706721&type=3
I have one more cushaw but it will not be ready tomorrow and I'm leaving for Sicily for two weeks. So..... yes, it's is very slow. Best of luck with it!
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Yummy I need to grow this
Well, you are doing it!!
Easy fix for powdery mildew: Cut away heavily diseased leaves. Then, mix 1 tbs of baking soda + 1 tsp organic olive oil + 1 tsp natural dish soap all in 1 gallon of water. Using a sprayer, spray tops and bottoms of leaves, stems, and vines. Works like magic!
Kabocha tempura is one of the best dishes on earth!
My dads mom would make cushaw pies & I absolutely ❤️’d them! She would use lemon flavoring instead of “pumpkin spice” (which I do not care for at all) & usually made them crustless. She made butternut & pumpkin pies too the same way with the lemon flavoring. One time I asked her for her recipe but she said she didn’t have one because she just “throws them together”. However the next time I visited her she gave me a written recipe because the next time she made one she measured the best she could so she could give me the recipe! 😊
here in he Philippines, we eat squash flowers and young leaves. they are really good.
+morena moreno Never eaten the young leaves. I could be so much healthier if I would eat more of the greens I grow! You can inspire me!
How do you cook mature cabocha squash!
I grate kabocha squash and fry them like potate latkes with shrimp on each patty. i serve them hot, golden brown,. Served with malt vinegar for dip. Yummy!
We ended up growing 20 Cushaw Pumpkins from our compost pile. Made pies and just roasted some to eat. I am going to make bread with one today. Love your videos!
+Yvonne H. (Von) That's awesome, Von, and please give me your recipe! My two are still sitting here. Hope they are okay. Was working off the other squash. Please share a recipe on Late Bloomer Show on Facebook!
Thanks for the video. My wife wants me grow some Kabocha squash. I think I'm too late to start this year but I'm going to plant some seeds from one she got from the grocery. Its May in Texas, already in the 80's. We'll see how they do.
Good luck! Please report back! It's been awhile since I grew it and miss it's unique flavor, perfect for stir fry!!
Nice harvest Kaye! Love Kabocha squash - acorn squash too!
+Rob Backyard Gardenerr Thanks, Rob! I haven't tried growing acorn, but I'd like to. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
Rob Backyard Gardenerr same
Greeting from Osaka, Japan. Surprised to see Kabocha in Arizona. (We pronounced it like Kabo-cha(t) not like Kabo-ka. I registered your channel
Hello!! Yes, I learned quickly after uploading this I was mispronouncing it. Thank you! Thanks for subscribing! I'm thrilled you are watching from Osaka!! I will mention you in an upcoming video, so stay tuned!!
Is it possible to grow Kabocha in Arizona( In Phoenix)?
How lovely. They looked so yummy. I can't wait till I can get out of Florida and back to Tennessee where I know I can actually get something to grow. Your video's keep me dreaming of that big garden I can have when I get moved. I am shooting for next fall to get moved. Thank you for all the wonderful video's Kay. They keep me dreaming.
+She Wolf Oh, that's wonderful! I'm glad I am inspiring you. Didn't realize you were moving back to TN. What area?
I just love the area around Mountain City in Johnson County but anywhere between there and Nashville is good. I am looking for mountain land, nothing to flat. LOL
Lovely Kaye! You were missed immensely!
+Mumbai Balcony Gardener | Avid Life Observer Oh, so sweet of you to say! Well, it's going to be even longer before #80 comes as these house repairs have distracted me and I haven't even started it. Then there will be a long two month hiatus while I try to raise money to continue in Season 5. Thanks so much for your support. Please share! Tripling my subscribers is just the first step to sustainability. :) xoxo
I planted kabocha two summers ago. It was bearing fruit more than I could hope for. My joy did not last long when pests/bugs called squash vine borer decided to make home and feed on my kabocha vines. I am planting two or three this time in my greenhouse. I plan to hand pollenate them.
+Cultivating Organic by Jo & Mig Good idea! If I've had the borers, I didn't know it. I've got to figure out what to look for as I planted a lot of squash this year. Thanks for watching and let me know how it goes! It's so nice to cut down bugs in a greenhouse. I just bought a little one with four shelves and plastic cover and I've kept bugs off. Once I release them to the outside my precious babies will get attacked.
I did several videos on what their eggs looks like and where to look for them. As I do not use chemical pesticides, I also describe how I tried to overcome them. Wasn't easy, almost a losing battle.
Your squash turned out beautiful. That doggone mildew. That is what finally put a stop to my giant pumpkin's growth. I would be begging for seeds from both of your varieties but I just don't have enough sun to grow them. It is a whole different ball game here in the mountains.
+Gardening With Puppies Yeah, living in the mountains def. has its trade-offs, but I love the mountains and would love to spend more time in them!
We put in a few kubocha squash , they are now bigger than a basketball and a lovely shade of orange , Jonny's seeds are mystified as to what they could be , just we will try them and find out.
I love baked squash
Kabocha or acorn or buttercup
Never tried frying it ..i will be trying
Thanks for this
Lovely video and beautiful harvest! I have always been a little hesitant to grow squashed because of their common issues with powdery mildew and squash bugs. You have inspired me to try them again this year. I actually have some sort of winter squash sprouting in my compost pile in the sunken garden right now. Perfect timing based on the time you have planted yours. So I am hopeful. Looking forward to make some delicious tempura like yours!
+Jacq Davis I don't if any other squash types make as good tempura as kabocha, but you will find out! Thanks for watching! xoxo
Kaye, another very, very good video! I have grown Kabocha at different years and you are right, it is very good as Tempura. Its interesting that the rind or skin is so hard and tough but becomes so tender after cooking, that it can be eaten.
+OldAlabamaGardener Thanks, Charles! I really appreciate your support. And yes, it is interesting, because most winter squash you can't eat the skin.
We love these squashes boiled in pilloncillo (brown sugar cones) you serve it with warm milk over the squash for breakfast or a late night snack.
Thats just wonderful every time i grow Kabocha my vines get so much powdery mildew! It looks all good in the beginning then it dies off i will be trying again & hopefully get some Kabocha! 👍🏼
+Cheryl cummings Right! I could hardly count the number of fertilized female flowers in the beginning. In retrospect I was very lucky to get what I did. I'm going to have to come up with a new strategy next year, and not let PM control my garden. Thanks for watching and your support!
There was a study showing that spreading water on leaves during daytime can prevent powdery mildew for roses. Maybe, you can try!
+Iky C Yes, I tried that in the beginning on zucchini. It's just too prevalent here. And on roses, I would get other diseases. Because it doesn't freeze here I have all these spores carrying over from year to year. And the more white powder that I allow to get on leaves makes the problem worse. Thanks for your suggestion, though! I know that would be helpful to some people. Please share this episode with friends and help me grow Late Bloomer. Thank you!
I make a pie filling with the squash, similiar to pumpkin pie filling. put it in a baking dish, and add a white cake, add a mix of nuts, brown sugar and oatmeal, bit of cinamon. bake a wonderful suprise.
Wow, that sounds great!
Those are very delicious looking Squashes Kaye. The presentation and production was excellent. I have enjoyed all your Video Kaye because the content, presentation and production was always fantastic and compulsive watching. Please see private mail. All the best for now. Patrick
+Patrick Meehan Thank you so much Patrick! I really appreciate your support and sharing Late Bloomer. I would like for a lot more folks from UK to watch. Many thanks and happy holidays! Kaye
Great video Kaye! I planted the Kabocha that you sent me and they did well. I will be planting them next year as well :)
+TheOntarioGardener Thanks, Jake, my pal! Thanks for reminding me who I sent them to! LOL Really appreciate your support and wish you and wife and animals a wonderful holiday! xoxo
i've been buying the kabuchas at the store and eat them whole just steemed, they are deliciously sweet, but i think at the store they may selling them green because the stems were still green and not too hard. I plant them first time and i got one done last week and i was going to cut it but i'll wait for it to dry and brown a bit more.
Hey Kay, I grew the cushaw this year it I'd growing wonderfully I have 5 babies already...
That is awesome! I grew it again but only in pots and they didn't get as big. I only have one plant left and there's a baby on it. Fingers crossed. Hope you enjoy it! They are beautiful to look at. Thanks for watching!
I love to see your garden, thanks for this vedio.....I love gardening
Thank you! Please check out my newer videos!
Wow. Thanks for the video. This gives me a great perspective on how much room I need for my cushaw.
+TheBr20042003 You bet! You are welcome! Thanks for watching, and please share with a friend. I hope you don't have the PM problems I do here.
Nice video! I live in Japan and my wife is Japanese. Kabocha is amazing. We are having kabocha stew for dinner tomorrow. Thanks for the tips. I might try growing them next year. Your pumpkin tempura looked delicious. Growing up in the u.s. I never really liked pumpkin. The sweetness of the Japanese squash is soooo good though.
Oh, it's great to hear from Japan! You can search Eli Kelly on YT as he is American living in Japan and growing an amazing garden. Tell him I sent you. I'm presently in Sicily and headed to Pantelleria tomorrow and film a vlog for my channel. Hope you subscribed!
Thanks for sharing Kaye. Best wishes Bob.
+Bob Lt (BobMel's Gardening) Thank you Bob! Really appreciate your support! It will be a few weeks before #80 comes out, been caught up in repairing termite damage to the house and crack in foundation and a hundred other things. When you find a good remodel person, you have to seize the day and get everything fixed.
Great tips, just planted my first batch of kabocha and had no idea i had to pollinate🤓. A tip for the leaves, am not sure if u are into juicing...they are super nutritious and delicious if juiced or fried with onion and oil as a veggie side, just the way u would spinach. Trimming down the excess leaves prevents the overcrowding and mildew issues as well too.
Hey, Helen, I missed this comment till now. Well, you don't have to pollinate if bees are doing their job, it's just I have just a few plants, sometimes only one of a variety and it's rare the male and female blooms open on the same morning. I did not know this about the leaves, very interesting! I have mildew issues, it seems, no matter what I do. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
Delightful share and satisfying from start to end! Thank you very much! I want more!
a great little episode Kaye :) i havent had much squash before but it looks great.
+Tony Hodgkinson Supposedly really healthy for you, Tony, give it a try.
***** i will try and track some down :)
What a GREAT video! So impressive! And I was wondering who the terrific camera person was. It's YOU! Seriously, this is awesome stuff. And informative. And funny! You rock, KK. Personality and beauty and talent and A FELLOW FARMER!! I LOVE YOU!!!
+Karen Tarleton You make me feel so good! Thank you! I'm looking forward to home repairs being done this week, so we can start to work! love you back!!!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show
Well, you are AMAZING! Yes, we'll begin our work soon! Can't wait! xoxoxox
+Karen Tarleton Thank you, Karen!
Loved it Kaye!
+dakotabob10 Thank you, Bob!
Hi Kaye, Love this series! I'm wondering if they would do well in large pots. BTW, I convinced my hubby to let me tear out more grass to build 2 raised beds. I've also started some moringa seeds you graciously gave me, hoping they sprout soon. Now to buy some fall seeds. Thanks Kaye.
That's awesome! I was literally opening Premiere Pro to start on your vlog when this notification came in. I'm glad you are expanding your grow area. Did I tell you how to plant moringa? I'm afraid I might not have. Moringa has a very long taproot and do best started in the spot where you intend for them to be planted. They do not transplant well, and suffer EASILY from too much water. If you see the leaves turning yellow and falling off, hold off watering for at least a week and let it recover. If you cannot plant them in the ground right now, it is best to plant them in a 14" tube that is 4" in diameter, cardboard is best as you can plant that right in the ground. I made the mistake of using perforated drainpipe, which was fine till time to plant. i had to carefully cut the pipe top to bottom on both sides, set it in the hole (yes you will have to dig a hole at least 14" deep and fluff up and compost the soil) and slip out the two sections of plastic as I was filling in the hole with dirt. If you have any questions about this, let me know but I guarantee if they sprout, once they are 3" tall the taproot will be wadded up in the pot. Hopefully you went ahead and planted them in 4x6" nursery pots or deeper. Good luck!
And take pictures!
Will do! I have some extra so if these don't make it I will try again. I can't wait to see the vlog!
I’ve trellised mine up stakes to conserve space.
Kaboka squash taste good i had a friend that made it and i tired it i had seen your video a couple of days before she had made it. I asked her did she keep any seeds an she didnt i told her she should have so we could have grew it . i got her started in garden last year
Hi! Been watching a few of your videos! Enjoyed them.
Thank you, Joyce!! I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) I hope you will find lots to enjoy. I just returned from a Kentucky trip and have Parts 1-4 online, very inspiring women! Please check them out!
added to 2 playlists. thx 4 sharing
your begginers luck loox and sounds delicious
Always good info Kaye,thanks!
+DesertDigger1 Thanks so much!! Please share! Many thanks!!
I’ve got some kabocha seeds that I’m going to plant next week and I’m hoping for a good harvest since our weather is going to be warm for about 3 months 🤗🌻🌝
Good luck! So far, I've only managed to produce those first three small volunteers.
Enjoyed your video! Love the squash and hopefully next year I can get ahead of the pest problem. Happy New Year! ☺ Peaches
+lovers4healthylife Happy New Year, Peaches! Thanks for watching and commenting. Please share Late Bloomer! Thank you!
Wow, yeah, very beautiful Cushaw Squash! :)
+CragfireGardening Thanks, Joe! Still haven't cooked either. Working off the second pumpkin. All the other squash is gone. Next up, cushaw. How are things in your garden?
We're headed into winter here, so not much going on outdoors. In the grow tent though I have a cherry tomato and a pepper started. Gearing up to a mass-pepper seed sowing for the first day of the new year - then things will get more exciting. :)
+CragfireGardening Wow, you are starting early!
⚠⚠⚠✔wow your video is so awesome and warm like a mother nurturing babies 🖒😌
I am new to this site, but not knew to growing.... I live in zone 7 at 5000ft in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains... yes I get LOTS OF SNOW! I am a homesteader, I raise my food and preserve it for winter use. my gardens are constantly changing as well.... I am curious how many you are feeding in your family and I did see where you sell off extra plants... but what do you do with all your harvest?
Wow! Congrats on being able to raise your food and preserve it t 5000'! When I started the channel and started gardening (I didn't know anything and started from scratch in 2012), my older son was already at Stanford. So there were just three here. They don't like squash (except pumpkin) or eggplant and will hardly eat a tomato or pepper. And I don't really have time to cook and preserve now, making videos all the time now that RUclips's algorithm changed. So... I feed myself and two others occasionally. I give a lot to my Friday housekeeper and to Erick who's been my Thursday garden man for two years. I don't have enough to sell, except for pineapple guavas and figs and that only for a couple of weeks of the late summer, so basically I give the extra away. I love growing it, though! I hope you find lots to enjoy on my channel! Check out my recent harvest vides to see what's been coming in.
@@Latebloomershow I am 53 and started homesteading when I was 18.
Raising 3 daughters in the gardens and with animals... often helping with the butchering (never name your food) I also have a medicinal garden for making my own medicines. Foraging for wild edibles is a weekly activity in the spring and summer....
I am happy you share your bounty. And I enjoy your channel.
Hi, Those are wonderful squash. am attempting to grow Kabocha squash for the first time. What recommendations can you give me?
Very beautiful!
+Catalin Oancea Thank you, Catalin! I really appreciate your support!
I'd love to grow Cushaw, but here on TX Gulf Coast, the mildew would kill it by June or July. It seems the only squash I can get away with growing, is zucchini, and yellow squash, and they only survive when I plant in late Aug., making them a Fall crop.
Interesting! I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) I've never tried starting summer squash late in the summer. All the plants I have are covered in mildew and I keep spraying. Not one female flower in two months. I just plant some seeds just to see if it works!
Have u tried looking for a mexican variety? Or Caribbean squash?
Thanks a lot for your wonderful video! But, OMG, can kabocha spread that much? I just got 7 kabocha little plants, I thought i have enough space for them, but obviously I am wrong. Can you please let me know how much space (long x wide) does one kabocha plant take? Thanks a lot!
winter squash takes over but I wouldn't chuck plants just yet. You don't know which are going to do better than others. You never know how much they spread as it depends on good soil, weather and BUGS. l hope you will join me now in my HUGE Tennessee garden. Left CA in 2020. I had a lot of big squash the last two years here. Sometimes they can climb. Kabocha doesn't get too huge that you might be able to put in some trellising to get them off the ground, but I'm convinced they do better in the ground. Enjoy! I wish I was growing them this year. Nothing is better in Japanese stir fry than thin slices of kabocha.
Hi Kay, it's been a while. I really love this video, especially since, I too, am growing cushaw squash for the first time this year. I've been laughing at your video, I must confess. My ONE cushaw plant has taken over at least a fourth of my front yard... and still going. I was told to wait, and to let the squash end dry out before picking it, since it's supposed to be a winter squash. I wish you could see it. I will weigh the largest one once I pick it and let you know, but would be surprised if it's not at least 30 lbs. There are a total of 7, maybe more on this vine. The other ones are nearly as big. Am so glad you're showing videos of what you're doing at home. I love what you do. Sorry this is so long.
It's so great to hear from you! That's AMAZING! Please take a good photo of it and post on Late Bloomer Show on Facebook. I am presently in Palermo, Sicily, and going to the island of Pantelleria for a few days. Home on the 6th. Hopefully I will have a few vlogs from the trip, but I'm not used to the heat and I'm finding it hard to be creative. I'm eating foods I never eat at home (bread, ice cream, pasta). Take care!
Love your video especially the cooking of the kaboca tempura. I bought a kabocha from vege shop, tried growing the seeds but no success. Is it because these market kaboca are not mature when harvested?
+tulasiTao No, I don't think that's it. They wouldn't put it out in the store to buy till it's mature to cook and eat. I think it's more probably because the seeds have been modified. I recommend ordering organic or heirloom seeds from a reputable seed company. Start off right! :) Are you in the U.S?
Hi, I planted kabocha in the wrong time, it's getting cold in Ontario around 10c, is there any way I could save the plant indoor for spring transplanting? Thanks!
love this video.
in my late summwr garden..spaghetti squash has not turned yellow yet. Do i have to wait until they are yellow to harvest. or that curly vine to dry out completely.
Thank you!! My theory is as long as it's sheltered with leaves it stays light and only gets dark yellow when the sun is hitting it (thus it is light on the underside that gets no light). All my leaves were gone by the time I harvested. No I don't think so. In general, if you cannot pierce the skin with your fingernail, you can harvest. However, you may want to wait 3-4 weeks to actually cook it and let it mature.
Okay thanks
try milk spray it worked for me all throe the season
Oh, you are so lucky that works. It's never done anything but give a couple days reprieve for me. How often do you spray and what are your proportions? (BTW, I just found this comment, along with 100 others that I never saw!)
I mixed 1-10 full cream . sprayed well I think I had to do it 2 times in the whole season which is now ending never had that much zucchini ever looks like I am getting bitter or the soil ??? love your show love your attitude
Thank you, Kathy! I had so much mildew this year, and we sprayed a variety of things. I hope you check into my channel again soon. I have a terrific Kentucky series I'm finishing up that I shot in July.
What kind of squash is light green with dark green stripes about 1-1/2" apart with hubbies on it.
Oh I love your video is Kabocha also known as Winter Squash and Buttercup Squash?
Thanks again for your Video
Oh My God! Me and my sweetie pie is in America😄
Thank you very much Kaye😊 My kabocha didn't have Powdery mildew i dont know why maybe it is resistant and thank you very much that you created a resistant Kabocha(im not sure yet)I will grow again next year and if it is, i will send you seeds😉 Very nice Video, i love it👍👍👍
+Garden Diary (GrowOrganic) You are so sweet! I doubt if I created it, it's probably just your climate. Does it freeze where you are? Thanks so much for the seeds. Please share this video with Germany. :)
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show Yes its freezes here here where i live is Zone8b and we have long winter and we also have late frost and hale😀 A good timing and a greenhouse is needed😀I've already shared 👍
Loren
+Garden Diary (GrowOrganic) Thank you, Loren! I hope you get settled in your new place and get a greenhouse! Thanks for being part of my episode!
Its an honor for us to be part of your episode. Thank you thank you 💐💐
+Garden Diary (GrowOrganic) My pleasure! I look forward to trying the seeds you sent, though I have no idea how or when to plant some of them. I'll be in touch when my garden is ready for more seeds.
i really like your videos. they make me happy. do you have a lemon or an orange tree? i really want to have both, but it is hard to make them grow here in the Philippines so i just content myself watching videos of people harvesting them.
+morena moreno Thank you! I have one of each. They are small. Here is my first post on my blog about my lemon tree: www.latebloomershow.com/2012/09/15/my-little-lemon-tree/ and you will find more on my blog about them. They grow so slowly I have never created an episode. Please subscribe to my blog if you like. Thanks for watching! I have a friend in Philippines and was sent some seeds. I'm trying to grow Moringa, but I don't know if the climate is right, also just seeded jute, and white flower and mix straw flower, and I have some beans to direct seed later in the spring. I'm glad you are watching! Hope to hear from you again.
Wow! That's good! Moringa has numerous health benefits. I saw a video of a moringa farm in the US, but i don't know what state that is. With squash, we usually cook it with coconut milk and string beans, or into tempura but we shred it and top it with shrimps. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos. They brighten up my day
+morena moreno Good to know. I will get some coconut milk and try this. But the winter squash will be gone when I have green beans. I hope to have some summer squash.
great video, love my winter squash. kobochas are not as good quality as the heirloom buttercup. they are both delicious. the kershaw is a big squash and average quality. thank you. plant more squash.
Thank you! I think I agree with you about the cushaw. I have not tried heirloom buttercup. I get so frustrated growing squash here because I just don't get enough sun, and so much powdery mildew, very high maintenance. But, I can't resist. I just bought seeds for the winner at Heirloom Expo this year, very unusual. Also, I've been recommended to another variety that is more resistant to PM, I'll give that a try as well. If I only had more space! Thanks for watching!!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show my pleasure mam, space huh, yes, I room, just haven't expanded yet. at the farm we have gulleys fed by springs. I just plant them and let nature take over. lots of squash and pumpkins. wild. you have a very nice channel. thank you. htgde.
Geat video Kaye! How do you make organic fungicide for your plants? Because in Spain we get a lot of powdery mildew.
+TheArtOfMakingLife Well, it's hard to explain in a little banner that goes across, but my meaning is any fungicide that is approved for organic gardening, and believe me, I've tried everything, from vinegar, to Neem, to baking soda to milk. When I find a solution that is really effective, I will post it. What do you use in Spain? Of course, you can find Neem, which seems to work the best, but I don't love using it.
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show In Spain we use Neem Oil or a mix of water and potasic soap. It's organic. I've tried it in numerous pests and the potasic soap seems to work pretty good, but it doesn't seem to work on powdery mildew.
Hi kaye, very nice video of the squash. I wonder if you know if I can grow kabocha on a container? i actually just planted it maybe a month, it grow pretty nice, the stem get quite thick .. so wondering if i need to move it to ground or ok to plant it on container to get result :) Thanks
I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) No, as I stated in a video last year, cucurbits don't like to be moved. They would be happiest sown directly in ground, but if they are grown in a pot and the pot is at least 3-5 gallon, I would not move it. Of course you will need to give it some liquid plant fertilizer, say, once a month during the vine growing phase, if grown in pots.
Are they pretty squash Vine borer resistant?
I'm not sure, but last year the Cushaw was covered in squash bugs. It was an invasion.
ha ha the out takes of your show are funny. Great stuff.
+Brian Life is hard. I like to leave people with a laugh. Thank you, Brian!
Asiangarden2table on RUclips is a good place to learn pruning of many veggies. She doesnt grow kabocha, but does do a lot of different vines. Your squash looks very tasty. Happy planting!
I just found this comment, along with 100 others that I never saw! Thanks for the tip. I will check out her channel. Thank you, and happy planting to you! I hope to hear from you again soon!
they look so yummy
It was and I missed growing them this year. With my perennials getting so much bigger, I have even less sun for annuals. Still I managed to grow three small pumpkins in containers.
Hello and thank you heaps for your video, I have a question, if you are American January is cold isn't it? I'm from Queensland Australia and we are in the sub tropics
hey k I love your videos I was wondering I'm growing kabocha squash this year and even though it's been a couple of months I still don't see any blooms do you know what the problem might be
How did your squash turn out last year? I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) Getting blooms is quite mysterious, I feel. I have had many male blooms in the last two months and no female, therefore no squash. I didn't try kabocha this year but wish I had! Thanks for watching! Tune in again!
Where do people find these seeds , I live in Dubai and the only melon seeds u can buy is watermelon , nothing else . I want to try growing these cool stuff and none of the online stores ship over here
+EXPLOSIVE DESERT GARDENING I don't know, +Mumbai Balcony Gardener just took a trip to Dubai. Maybe she has some suggestions for you. I don't have many melon seeds, just one variety which I would be happy to send you some seeds. From watching her video of flying into Dubai, it looks so DRY, sand everywhere. How do you maintain a garden? Thanks for watching! I'm thrilled to add Dubai to my list of international garden friends. :)
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show
I really appreciate your offer but I can manage , I just wanted to know some outlets , that's all .
As for your question about how I grow in Dubai , the only possible answer is to work 3x extra on your plants and figure out what works well
I failed constantly for 2 years and this is my third year where I am actually getting successful (soooo excited).
Thanks for asking
+EXPLOSIVE DESERT GARDENING I admire your tenacity! I'm so happy you are finally getting positive results. Thanks so much for watching Late Bloomer! Please post a photo at Late Bloomer Show on Facebook of your garden.
Hey Kaye, did you try to store any of these?
+The Autonomous Gardener Yes, I still have the big cushaw sitting on my coffee table. The beige is starting to yellow a tinge, so I need to get to it soon. We cut the other one last week and cooked it for a pie, but I got an intestinal virus and didn't eat or cook for four days! It's still in frig after a week! I hope it's still good. You think?
I have a 2 month spaghetti squash that is already blooming. Is this normal?It's about 20 inches high.
+Katherine Detres Yes, it is normal. Sometimes mine are blooming before I even plant them in ground. That doesn't mean those will get pollinated and mature. They may drop off. But don't worry. You have bees? What's the temperature? Bees don't fly unless it's at least 50° F. Thanks for watching! I started a Vlog of my trip to Vancouver, if you are interested. I hope you will watch!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show You can also fry the squash flowers coated in a little tempura and eat them, delicious! You will only have pollination IF you have a male AND female flower open the same morning AND bees are present. You will probably have more male flowers than female, so might as well eat them if no female flowers are open at the same time.
Thank you for the answer. I live in P.R..There are a lot of bees and the temperature is over 80F.
+Katherine Detres Oh, that's great! The morning you see a male and female open, use a swab or dry lip or paint brush and dust the pollen from the male onto the female to double your chances of pollination. Or let the bees do their job. The female is swollen at the bottom. It will shrivel and drop off when it's about 2" in diameter or less if it is not pollinated. Have fun! You are way ahead of me!
I love your videos Kaye! However, I can't help but to point out that Kabocha isn't pronounced as ka-bo-ka, it's pronounced just as it is spelled ka-bo-cha, the end syllable sounding like the cha in Charlie.
Please keep on uploading more lovely videos!
+Sarah Zaifullizan Thank you Sarah! Yes, I was corrected by another viewer. I guess I never said the word out loud to anyone and thus it didn't occur to me. Now, I know, LOL! But can't do a thing about it in this video now. It is what it is. I will try, Sarah, but as I come to the end of 4 seasons, I must raise money to start another season. If you love Late Bloomer, consider making a donation to keep the content coming. Thank you! Donate link under video. Thanks again for your lovely words.
Mine grew a lot of leafs but no fruit
awesome video... as always :)
+Ben Erickson Thank you, Ben! I appreciate your support. Please help me to double my subscribers by sharing with a friend. Many thanks! (I haven't forgotten your seeds. I had to order some seed envelopes....)
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show Will do kaye. I cant wait for those seeds!!!
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show Will do kaye. I cant wait for those seeds!!!
I like to mash the kabuca and eating it with saute onions and vinegar.
+Julissa Diaz Oh, my mouth is watering just thinking of that. YUM! Thanks for watching! Please share Late Bloomer with a friend! - Kaye
Could I grow kabocha squash here in north east Scotland?
+fastfowler Parkour I don't know because I'm assuming you could have some rough weather there. What zone is it actually? They need the heat of summer and long sunny days, so maybe. You should try. Can you access seeds? Thanks so much for watching! I hope you will share Late Bloomer. Thanks!
i might have a go but if its not a success then i will maybe go them inside or something. I haven't looked for seeds so if they are avalible then i will try.
are you still giving away kabocha seeds.. would love to try that this January I'm in s.c.
You could seed it inside in January and move to outside after your last frost. Yes, I do have and if you send me your address in a private message, I will. Find the message tab on my About page on my channel.
wow cool thanks!!
where would I go Facebook?
I think you found me, right? I'll be sure to send you squash seeds before January.
+Kaye Kittrell | Late Bloomer Urban Organic Garden Show :) thanks . great hideous BTW add more bloopers!!!!
+Isabel Dowdy so sorry auto correct is terrible. the videos are awesome I meant
Cold u send me some seeds of first one u grew
What squash are you growing this year?
I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. (RUclips just sends notifications of comments on new videos.) THIS year I had a few volunteers that came up from adding my worm compost to my containers, and I planted some varieties I found last year that are more resistant to mildew. I still had a ton of mildew and have only produced three small volunteer pumpkins. What about you?
where i can get the ED rock ?
+mimi weaving adventure tv Autozone, 25 lb bag for about $8. Called Absorbent but get the one that is 100% DE and no additives.
thank you so mach i love you video ^^
have good day!!!
+mimi weaving adventure tv Thank you!!
over the winter I mean.
+The Autonomous Gardener right. Well, I didn't produce that many and the cinderella pumpkins were starting to go bad, so we had to cook them by Christmas. But the cooked pumpkin is in the freezer. We don't have AC and it got pretty hot in the house in the fall in fact it was 85 inside at night in October. YIKES No cool place to put them.
It's a shame about the mildew. I'm glad to see cushaws getting some love, they so deserve it.
I have one left. Do you have a terrific way to prepare cushaw?
Not really, I just use them for pumpkin pie. I usually cut them into cubes and steam them until soft enough to mash, use a potato masher then an immersion blender to get it smooth. then simmer until reduced to the right consistency. Since cushaws are big, most of the puree gets saved in the freezer. Good luck finding the right recipe, and on your next growing season.
Thank you so much! I would love an immersion blender, don't have one. I'll try it your way. I have one more cushaw and need to cook it. Thanks for watching!
Hope it works out for you. It might be worth a video. Be prepared for splattering pumpkin stuff. I always make a big mess of my kitchen when making pumpkin pie.
11.5 cushaw 😍 💋
Grow vertically
Hi, I planted a kobocha squash and it grew a lot. I did not know the thing was so big. I have about 10 fruits at different sizes. But I do not know when to harvest them. I don’t want to loose the harvest. Is there something I should do to feed the plant?
No, not now. Just let it finish growing. You can tell when the vine dies back that the fruit is finished. Don't forget to cure them in a cool, dry place for a month before cooking! If you get 10 squash from one vine, that would be amazing! It's never happened to me.
well ill be the first to say that this was a great video. Thanks as always for the great quality Garden porn !
+Permaculture Prepper i wish i could grow my front yard like your parkway. so great.
+Permaculture Prepper Thank you so much! It's more perennial now and less annual, and I had way more pineapple guavas than I cared to eat. So, I've got to see how things shape up. I could use some help! :) Please share and help me double my subscribers, my goal to continue to Season 5. Thanks!
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Nice video, but the plant is pronounced ka-boh-cha. The last syllable is cha not ka. Cha as in cha cha cha.
My Cushaw is still growing (zone 5), first time growing squash, I am hesitate to harvest them...facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1110256872373448&set=pcb.1110257475706721&type=3
Oh, those look amazing!! Don't harvest yet. Wait till the vine dries. Right?
I just checked out your garden on your FB. Amazing!!! If I ever get back to PA I want to look you up!
I will wait until the vine dries out. They are still putting on the weight slowly. :D :)
I have one more cushaw but it will not be ready tomorrow and I'm leaving for Sicily for two weeks. So..... yes, it's is very slow. Best of luck with it!
There is something artistic about you ! Why do you call yourself a late bloomer ? You don't have to explain if there is a deep personal reason. As for myself, I haven't bloomed yet, yet see the years pass by...
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Kabacha
You pronounced KABOCHA wrong. It’s not Kaboka, it’s kabojia.
It's pronounced ka bow cha. And it's pronounced tem poo la.
I know, I learned after I made the video. Many people told me. Now, I know. Thank you!
It is not pronounced tem poo la Lol. It’s tempura
prelepo...
Ka-bo-CHa. Google Japanese pronunciation
Yes, thanks! Someone else set me straight right after I published this last year. Thanks for watching!!
Get a grip of reality.