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Show F w Wednesday, October 7, 1998 (Elje etables reach their maximum size. Other than setting records and Most vegetables should be harannoying the neighbors there are vested when young and tender no good reasons to let most veg and certainly before you need a by Dcnnli Hlnkamp GSo aCwoyi Cop ujcfc P Oo Page 9 probably the Banana," he says The world record for this variety is around 150 pounds. The problem with banana squash is they are so large that once they are cut they become a staple of every meal for the next month. Vegetable spaghetti squash is d probably the most popular, says. It is a smaller plant CdgKgp wheelbarrow to carry them to the Most varieties of winter neighbors car, says Jerry Good- - squash are sweet and can be speed, Utah State University grown here in Northern Utah, he Extension horticulturalist. says. Most require a long season About the only exception to this j and must be set out into the e j den as soon as the last frost is winter squash. has When are winter squash ripe? passed in the spring. If the squash are picked too The problem is, many variet-earl- y they will not store well nor ies of winter squash are huge, be as sweet, he says. "Normal- - power hungry vines that overly, I wait until the stem of the take the rest of the garden, Good-fru- it is dry and hard and the sjeed says. Their appetite for same is true for the squash itself, land can be reduced by growing before harvesting. Press a finger them up tomato cages or on fenc-na- il into the skin of the squash. es. If grown as a vine, larger fruit It should be hard to penetrate may need a plant hammock or and no moisture will form in the some support to keep from Once picked, most ing off the vine before reaching winter squash can be stored for maturity. several months, Goodspeed says. For instance, butternut is The ideal storage environment is sweet, easy to grow and can be F a cool ), dark room. The cooked in a variety of ways, but stem should be completely dry it requires a lot of space, he exand a good inch long for proper plains. If this is a problem, try storage. Protect the squash from the newer Butterbush variety freezing temperatures and do not that requires no more room than store any that is damaged or has i a large a tomato plant. The largest winter squash is soft spots. , gar-rul- Good-spee- ; CaDO A' - COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL three times prior 'to June 15 Pinching a mum is done by re moving about a third of the new growth back to a bud.This stimulates the plant to branch more, and increases the plants width and flowering wood. Another term often associated with mums is disbudding, Goodspeed says. I once judged a competition where the contestants were given a potted floral mum and asked to properly disbud the plant. One came back with all the flower buds removed. This is a little extreme. It is really hard to get a plant to bloom when all the flower buds have been removed. Disbudding is the process of removing some of the buds to allow those left to produce large flowers, he explains. Normally the first buds that appear on a stem are the ones left when disbudding. The small lateral buds can be removed to allow the crown bud to flower. Doing this is not necessary on garden mums. They flower and look great without any disbudding. Only a devout hobbyist takes the time to disbud garden mums. Like most plants, mums like a soil, Goodspeed says. Feed them with an all- - purpose fertilizer in the spring as growth starts, and again in midsummer as the flowers start to form. Water them deeply and SERVICE - REPAIR - SALES NEW TO THE AREA BUT NOT NEW TO THE BUSINESS. OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. (50-55- 623-275- 3 FOR YOUR OVERHEAD DOOR NEEDS. , ! 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Mums do quite well in the Intermountain area, says Jerry Goods peed, Utah State University Extension Specialist, and they are one of the bright spots in the fall in an otherwise drab perennial planting. They tend to perform best when the autumn weather is warm and long and generally hold their fall blooms until the first hard freeze. Increased interest and breeding has encouraged the production of mums in every color except a true blue, Goodspeed says. They are available in varied heights and blossom sizes, making it possible to design mums into about any landscape. Technically, there are a number of different types of chrysanthemums, he explains. For simplicity, though, they ' can be divided into two classes. Garden mums are sold, and intended to be grown only in the garden. Floral mums are forced in a greenhouse and used to brighten the inside of homes as part of a onetime decoration. 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