Cornell’s Bush Delicata<\/p>\n
06\/22: Bought.
\n06\/24: Planted.
\n07\/18: 11″ tall with 24″ foliage diameter.
\n07\/24: 14″ tall with 45″ foliage diameter. Several flowers.
\n08\/01: 25″ tall with 58″ foliage diameter. Most flowers have set and first gourd has started to form.
\n08\/04: Startled animal must have run through bush, snapping off some leaves and first young gourd.
\n08\/07: 31″ tall and 72″ by 60″. New flowers. No gourds at this time.
\n08\/15: 36″ tall and 84″ by 68″. Many flowers. One 2″ gourd.
\n08\/23: 36″ tall and 100″ by 78″. Many flowers. Several cream colored young gourds to 4-1\/2″.
\n08\/29: Had become 108″ by 92″ and was over lettuce #2, celery, pepper, and melon. Major pruning.
\n08\/30: 35″ tall and 93″ by 78″. Several flowers. Several cream colored young gourds to 6-1\/2″ long and 2-1\/2″ diameter.
\n09\/09: Harvested first gourd. MJH thought it edible but that they would have more taste later.
\n09\/15: Pruned again.
\n09\/22: Removed two sunflowers and trimmed squash to provide better light to melons and pumpkins.
\n10\/13: Leaves and stalks dying back fast. Harvested final gourds and cleaned up.<\/p>\n
Harvest: 79-113 days from purchase
\nYield: 6-8 gourds about 2 lbs each<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cornell’s Bush Delicata 06\/22: Bought. 06\/24: Planted. 07\/18: 11″ tall with 24″ foliage diameter. 07\/24: 14″ tall with 45″ foliage diameter. Several flowers. 08\/01: 25″ tall with 58″ foliage diameter. Most flowers have set and first gourd has started to form. 08\/04: Startled animal must have run through bush, snapping off some leaves and first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-2009-annuals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomad.yosemite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}