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Bugs
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 06 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Bitterness |
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deanom wrote: |
We've grown ours outside, not removed flowers, no bitterness. |
I've only ever grown all females, in the greenhouse, and then not very successfully, but I've been indulging in that dangerous reading habit again and I think the outdoors types often do go quite well with being pollinated (I think outdoors can have tough, spiney or bitter skins). However the link above suggested something new, that crossing varieties, can result in bitterness, which when you think what hussies cucurbits are seems logical enough...if you have stuck to the one variety that might explain why all's well, and I vaguely got the impression that you can mix some varieties but might be unlucky with other combinations. |
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