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| Just a couple of days to go and they will be ready for harvest. There will be a lot of bottling and juicing going on in the Ashworth household next week. |
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| This butternut pumpkin has reached the top of the frame (1800mm) and I am busy pinching out leader shoots on the growing number of stems. It is beginning to set fruit with a little help from yours truly. I take a male flower off the vine with a short piece of stem attached, and strip the petals off to expose the stamen. I then use it to pollinate the female flowers. |
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| The lebanese cucumbers are setting fruit. I am not hand pollinating them, but they don't seem to need it. There must be plenty of insect pollinators around, although I must say I haven't seen any on the job. |
