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Janisse Ray's avatar

Nancy, PLEASE, if you have any seeds left, I would like them. I would LOVE to get my genetics back. I've ordered 2 packs from R.H. Shumway, but I would much prefer yours.

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Nancy Celani Baker's avatar

Arrgh! I wish I had known. I had gotten some seed from you at a beekeeper's meeting, and I think 2020 was when I had grown it out. I will NEVER grow 4 cushaw plants again! They tried to take over the world, and we were drowning in 20# squashes. One squash would feed a family of four for a week. I think I may still have some seeds. Let me know if you might want some.

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Yasmin Chopin's avatar

Wonderful to hear about your life growing vegetables and your search for the ‘lost’ strain of cushaw (a new word to me!). I’m learning such a lot here on Substack! Good wishes to your mum.

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Pamela Herron's avatar

So happy you found your cushaw seeds!

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Misti Little's avatar

I have never successfully grown cushaw but have bought from a local farm here and loved the flavor. It’s as the typical green and white, I had no idea there were other varieties! I did successfully grow Seminole pumpkin in 2017 and was worried some flooding of my garden from Hurricane Harvey would ruin the harvest but they pulled through. I may have to grow them again soon. I’ve been pulling back on a lot of my edible gardening in favor of flower gardening (fenced here so the deer don’t eat it! Which means I can grow things there I can’t in my regular flower beds). Will check out some of the more obscure seed sources you mentioned as I was unfamiliar with them. I’ve stepped back from Baker Creek after their invite, later revoked due to outcry/protest, of Cliven Bundy to a festival a few years ago. Sow True is a favorite for sure! Happy gardening...my tomatoes are currently under lights and a few are beginning to germinate!

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jay_dee's avatar

Speaking of Heritage varieties, is that a Black Mouth Cur pup on that man's lap?

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Janisse Ray's avatar

Yes!

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Janisse Ray's avatar

Tom, thank you. I'm in the middle of an order now.

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